inflation, unemployment, government deficit, and GDP growth into a single indicator. In contrast to other indexes, the EPI does …

natural level of rate of unemployment will rise and remain higher, and the full employment level is likely to decline. There …

posits that with potential growth moderately weaker and the natural rate of unemployment to remain elevated, policies should …

present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what …

productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade … unemployment is higher in Algeria than in other countries. The results are robust to various panel econometric methods and …

restrictions affects the outcome of the matching process and the natural rate of unemployment in Tunisia. The paper concludes that … the removal of firing restrictions is likely to produce a favorable but limited impact on unemployment in Tunisia. …

JEL Cl This study constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores … the determinants of unemployment. We compare different countries, finding that unemployment is influenced by the size of … increases in unemployment over time, finding that they are caused by contractions in aggregate demand. These demand contractions …