Many countries suffer from persistently high unemployment rates. The scope for labour market reforms is often limited …

producing employment growth and in reducing unemployment than most continental-European OECD-countries. It is argued that the …

unemployment benefits reduce unemployment? Using a recent labour market reform in Germany as background, we find that an enhanced … effectiveness of the PEA explains about 20% of the observed post-reform unemployment decline. The role of unemployment benefit … the PEA could have had an even higher impact on unemployment reduction if there had been less focus on long …

, and on the economy-wide unemployment rate. A reduction in the offshoring cost affects intrafirm and intrasectoral … economy-wide unemployment rate are the elasticity of substitution between inputs and the elasticity of demand for … cost of offshoring affects jobs and unemployment. We also show that the implications of a reduction in the cost of trading …

labour across firms affects economy-wide unemployment. Offshoring reduces unemployment when it is confined to high …

unemployment. If the jobs performed by domestic workers can be easily substituted by imports, then globalization reduces wages and … increases unemployment. In this situation, in the absence of any government intervention globalization not only reduces the … welfare of workers but could reduce social welfare as well. Both unemployment benefits and severance payments can protect …

reducing unemployment compared to most continental European OECD countries. As a rule they have also been and are still ahead …

minimum wage causes more unemployment, but also leads to more skill formation as unemployment is concentrated on low … gains of more skill formation outweigh the social welfare losses of increased unemployment. Using a highly conservative …