various performance indicators (unemployment, long-term unemployment, employment, activity rate). Our results confirm that … high taxes increase unemployment, while active labour market policies tend to reduce it. We also show that stricter …

In recent years, unemployment rates in some ECCU countries have been among the highest globally. This paper evaluates … significantly associated with high structural unemployment, while the global crisis added a cyclical component. Our analysis also … unemployment is related to the phase out of EU preferences on bananas/sugar exports or to a skills mismatch. As expected …