This paper studies effects of unemployment and labour market programmes on real wages in the Czech and Slovak Republics … using district paneldata for the period 1992-1998. Clear wage exists in both countries. The estimated unemployment …

employment status affects both the level and the persistence of unemployment and numerically that these effects are substantial … exp lain the high and persistent European unemployment. …

increases in youth unemployment and youth participation in active labour market programs. …

hence the benefits of a reform. It also increases unemployment variability, which increases the precautionary benefits of a …

The common view that far-reaching labour market deregulation is the only remedy for high European unemployment is too …

The Czech labour market performance in early 1990s has widely been regarded as a success story. In particular, the … Czech unemployment rate has been one of the lowest in Europe. IN this paper, we provide a microperspective on the Czech … investigate the determinants of transitions between employment, unemployment, and non-participation. …