effects vary with prevailing economic conditions and institutions. Impulse responses of aggregate outcomes (GDP growth … that some labour market reforms (e.g. of unemployment benefit systems and job protection) pay off more quickly in good …

to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …

, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …

, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …

transition from unemployment and selected forms of inactivity (e.g. fulfilling domestic tasks, studying) to jobs and from one job …

Long-term unemployment reached unprecedented levels in Spain in the wake of the Great Recession and it still affects … around 57% of the unemployed. We document the sources that contributed to the rise in long-term unemployment and analyze its … characteristics such as mature age, lack of experience, and entitlement to unemployment benefits are key to understand the cross …

labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in …This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …