historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of … the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …

of other employment policies. …

This research documents changes in employment and wages in the Netherlands for different types of workers. We compare … employment has been growing by 2 percent in the period 2017-2023, of which 1.8 percent has been due to additional workers finding … employment. Women have experienced the largest increase in employment, while the employment of men on temporary contracts has …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … be seen how future governments react to worsened economic conditions in light of these experiences. -- Unemployment …

We evaluate a temporary public sector employment program targeted at individuals with weak labor market attachment … increasing employment and reducing social assistance. However, being at a regular workplace seems crucial: we find negative … employment effects for participants employed at a workplace created especially for the purpose. The decrease in social assistance …

-rating component. -- short-time work ; unemployment ; employment … 2008-2009 crisis. This paper discusses the efficiency of this type of policy and investigates its impact on unemployment … and employment. There is some evidence that short-time compensation programs stabilize permanent employment and reduce …

global recovery gathered pace between 2013 and 2014. 18% were without employment during an entire year; a further 6% had weak …. (2016) to measure and visualise employment barriers of individuals with weak labour-market attachment using household micro …-data. It first develops indicators to quantify employment obstacles under three headings: (i) work-related capabilities, (ii …

In this paper we study the contribution of inflows and outflows to the dynamics of unemployment in three European … significance subsided again in the late 1990s and 2000s. In France the dynamics of unemployment are driven virtually entirely by … the outflow rate, which is consistent with a regime with strict employment protection legislation. In Spain, however, both …

Netherlands, which implies that all migrants are (self)-employed at the time of arrival. We find that many migrants leave the … country after a period of no-income. Employment characteristics and the country of origin play an important role in explaining … the dynamics. Microsimulations of synthetic cohorts reveal that many migrants experience unemployment spells, but ten …