productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade … shocks have helped Algeria reduce the differential. Labor market rigidities and labor taxation do not seem to explain why … unemployment is higher in Algeria than in other countries. The results are robust to various panel econometric methods and …

This paper evaluates European structural reforms over the last 20 years, in light of economic theory predictions about … flexibility with state-provided unemployment insurance and can be applied only to new entrants in the market without affecting the …

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

This study explores the effects of labor and product market deregulation on employment growth. Our empirical results … employment growth, including through sizable interaction effects. Based on these findings, the paper develops a theoretical …

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 …

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 … and in the Danish taxation of housing. …

Robust GDP growth, declining unemployment, low and stable inflation, and a string of fiscal and current account …