public social expenditures and a high unemployment rate are associated with a small positive (or no) immediate impact on …

This paper investigates the incentives that may induce workers to supplement income from unemployment benefits by … schedule of benefit payments, we describe how informal sector participation changes over the duration of unemployment, in turn … analysis identifies scope for reallocation of resources towards less generous programmes within unemployment protection, which …

interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market … performance. Our analysis has two special features. First, apart from the two labour market states – employment and unemployment … that a shock to the net flow from unemployment to employment drive the unemployment rate and the participation rate in …

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …