The paper discusses the flexicurity model, its key policy elements, and association with a low unemployment rate and a … high standard of social security for the unemployed. It provides details of an empirical analysis of unemployment …

present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what …

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 …

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

the social transfer system in Belgium. Belgium has a very accessible and equitable health care system. The system is …

German unemployment insurance system and resulted in a significant reduction in unemployment benefits for the long …-term unemployed. In this paper, we use an incomplete-market model with search unemployment to evaluate the macro-economic and welfare …-run (noncyclical) unemployment rate in Germany by 1.4 percentage points. We also find that the welfare of employed households increases …

.C from 1991 to 2008, we present econometric evidence that supports that changes in state-level unemployment rates are linked … causality going from mismatches and housing conditions to unemployment rates. The numerical estimates imply that the structural … unemployment rate in 2010 was about 1¾ percentage points higher than before the onset of the housing market meltdown at end-2006 …

inflation, unemployment, government deficit, and GDP growth into a single indicator. In contrast to other indexes, the EPI does …

The Macedonian labor market exhibits a high unemployment rate, yet does not demonstrate obvious and large enough …

the limitation of current unemployment and disability benefit schemes. The paper identifies possible strategies to …