consequences of flexible labor markets for the economic integration of different population groups, such as women, the elderly …To assess the influence of nonstandard employment for the labor market participation of different demographic groups …, unemployment, and economic inactivity between 1996 and 2011. In our analyses, we distinguish between fixedterm employment, solo …

: intervention works prolong unemployment for both genders as do public works for men. The number of observations on women in public …

-to-specific testing strategy reveals a recursive structure where only the unemployment rate and long-term interest rates are directly …

This paper emphasizes the two-way causality between the provision of unemployment insurance and the cultural … generate a lag between the introduction of unemployment insurance and a deterioration of the work ethic. Relying on a … calibration, I argue that it can account for a substantial fraction of the history of European unemployment since World War II. As …

the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … the effect of education on unemployment duration. Overall, the returns to education are estimated to be the highest in the …

world. Compared to existing models of this type, GEAR incorporates a comprehensive fiscal block, involuntary unemployment …