. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … population groups with the elderly, people with disabilities, lone parents, the low-educated and the unemployed being …

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits. …

retraining for new employment in the expanding sector. The paper derives an optimal welfare policy which combines the design of …

collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and …

possibilities single countries perceive in pursuing employment policies. In a setting where trade is driven by comparative … advantages, and thus wagecompetitiveness plays an important role for employment, it is shown that there is a tendency that a bias … arises in employmentpolicies. Policies expanding private employment tend to be used too little, while policies harming …

and public employees. After solving for the status quo equilibrium, which can mimic the advantages of employment in the …