inefficient matching. Hypothesis 2 (H2) is that unemployment is caused by low demand. Hypothesis 3 (H3) is that restructuring is … returns to scale in matching and unemployment appears to be driven by restructuring and low demand. The East German case is …"The paper tests three hypotheses about the causes of unemployment in the Central-East European transition economies …

. At over 15 percent, the unemployment rate in the country is high by European standards. Georgia faces three main labor … absorb the surplus labor and increase earnings. It also requires improving the quality of education to reduce the skills …

market wages above fallback incomes to attract individuals to the labor force. For that, measures to improve education and …

unemployment still well above its natural level, the output gap is estimated to be negative in 2012, but is expected to narrow …

population, have made possible fast-track and cost-effective implementation and increased demand for accountability, in education …