-run (noncyclical) unemployment rate in Germany by 1.4 percentage points. We also find that the welfare of employed households increases … 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 …

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 …

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 …

available labor. In the aftermath of the crisis, boosting growth is essential to prevent unemployment from becoming a long … unemployment rates and lower participation rates, on the other hand, cannot easily be attributed to individual preferences. Here …. Differences in labor taxation, unemployment benefit systems, and employment protection will need to be reduced. Improving …