various tax rates lead to lower budget deficits in the long run, as a result of an expanding tax base and lower unemployment …

on Latin America, and addresses the question of whether Latin America has now succeeded in breaking with its history of …

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 …

Despite strong economic growth, a "U"-curve unemployment phenomenon in Mauritius can be observed. Unemployment plunged … growth of higher-skilled sectors coupled with rigidities in the labor market seem to account for the observed unemployment …

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 …

This paper develops a general equilibrium model with unemployment and noncooperative wage determination to analyze the … and unemployment but increases vacancies. Additionally, the model explains the average level of unemployment insurance …

The review outlines a simple analytical model to explain the unemployment puzzle, especially the U-curve phenomenon. It …