restrictions affects the outcome of the matching process and the natural rate of unemployment in Tunisia. The paper concludes that … the removal of firing restrictions is likely to produce a favorable but limited impact on unemployment in Tunisia. …

labor market can coexist with a generous welfare system to achieve low unemployment. Using a panel of 19 countries over 1960 …-2002, the paper identifies the elements of the flexicurity model that may have contributed to the low unemployment rate. A … the financing aspect, the paper finds that effective implementation will depend on the initial unemployment level and …

EPL discourages both. The overall impact on equilibrium unemployment is thus ambiguous, depending on the characteristics … destruction effect is stronger, thus raising the unemployment rate. …

production decision made by profit-maximizing firms, with insurance provisions and labor market institutions affecting the costs …

extent of unemployment and labor market churning. With institutions of the type studied here common across many different … relatively minor intervention can dramatically increase the fragility of jobs, the length of unemployment spells, as well as the …

particular demographic groups. These developments can largely be accounted for by worse matching of people to jobs in the high-unemployment …

flexibility with state-provided unemployment insurance and can be applied only to new entrants in the market without affecting the …

Using household level data for France from 1990 to 2000, we estimate a relationship between wages and unemployment …