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 …

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 … behavior. Policy makers can improve employment prospects by not only investing in education to reduce skills mismatch but also …

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

This paper develops a general equilibrium model with unemployment and noncooperative wage determination to analyze the … importance of incomplete markets when risk-averse agents are subject to idiosyncratic employment shocks. A version of the model … 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 …

.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 …

using macroeconomic data on employment, unemployment, participation, and (for Canada) migration and real wages. We find that …

increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between …