,500 follow-up interviews were conducted in early 1997 by employees of local labor offices with persons in self …, program impacts in both countries on unemployment compensation savings were large, and impacts on employment outcomes were …. Among subgroups, self- employment appeared to be more effective in high unemployment areas in Hungary, among females in …

markets, the governments of Hungary and Poland provide labor force members with unemployment compensation and a variety of … active labor programs (ALPs). Follow-up surveys of participants in retraining, public works, wage subsidies, self …

groups for unemployment reductions will not reduce wage or price inflation pressures. The estimates also show that the … prices, are affected by overall MSA unemployment, the distribution of unemployment among different groups, and national … prices and wages. MSA unemployment has strong effects on MSA wages and prices, but the distribution of unemployment among …

tight labor markets of the 1990s. Based on case study evidence from the hospital and auto supply industries, we evaluate … thereby may have contributed to the stagnant wage growth and low unemployment observed in the 1990s. …

Anti-poverty policy in the U.S. has emphasized labor supply policies, such as welfare reform or job training. Anti …-poverty policy in the U.S. has not emphasized policies to increase labor demand for the poor, such as public employment or … subsidizing private employers to hire the poor. What are the aggregate effects of such policies on wages and unemployment of …

Economists have traditionally had a keen interest in the effects of overall labor demand on the economic well-being of … to local data to determine the effects of labor demand. The wide variety of demand conditions in local economies create a … "natural laboratory" for determining the true effects of overall labor demand. These recent studies generally find that …

adjustment in lieu of layoffs by providing prorated unemployment compensation to workers on reduced hours. This paper compares …