This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which … unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain …-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are viewed as the outcome of the interplay between labor market shocks and prolonged …

achievement of plausible target unemployment rates, disaggregated by age and gender. Second, we analyze the job creation needs … coming decades. Overall, shifting demographics, changing labor force participation rates, reductions in unemployment to the …

their labour force. If not, other countries experience growing unemployment and/or trade deficit. This result is applied to …) the impact of differences in labour force growth upon unemployment in Eurozone countries has been significant and (ii) the …

disposal is consistent with the official LFS youth unemployment rate increased by a reasonable estimate of the number of … workers who end up in irregular, undetectable activities. -- Youth employment ; unemployment ; unemployment duration …

shortages exceeds that of natives in the EU15, in particular in member states with higher unemployment rates, higher levels of …