the ease with which individuals can move between employment, unemployment and inactivity over time. The results suggest … countries. Nonetheless, transitions from unemployment and inactivity back into the labour market are relatively weak in the euro … remaining in unemployment over two consecutive periods decreased in Sweden, the euro area, and, to a lesser extent, Denmark …

This paper provides a unified account of the trends in unemployment and labor force participation pertaining to the … institutions in ways that deteriorate employment. The model explains simultaneously: (i) the fall in labor force participation in … the United States, (ii) the similar but more pronounced decline in Europe alongside rising unemployment rates and (iii …

; Europe ; US ; institutions in the labour and product market …

While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …

This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using … set of covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces the unemployment rate. This finding is … effect: deregulation of state controls and in particular involvement in business operations tends to push up the unemployment …

(market-level effect) to changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. To implement this approach, we …

This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labor market regulations on unemployment using … set of covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces the unemployment rate. This finding is … effect: deregulation of state controls and in particular involvement in business operations tend to push up the unemployment …

reduction of unemployment benefits on the other reduce unemployment? Using the recent labour market reform in Germany as … background we find that the role of unemployment benefit reduction for the reduction of unemployment is very modest (7% of the … the observed post-reform unemployment decline. If disincentive effects of PEA reforms had been avoided, the effect could …

for economies with either an earnings-related or flatrate unemployment compensation system are considered. A distinctive … feature of the analysis is the comparison of both unemployment compensation systems in a two-country setting. It is … demonstrated that the performance of a system with earnings-related or flat-rate unemployment benefits depends on whether the labor …