sudden increase in labour force participation and unemployment during this period. However, since these individuals would … in unemployment signifies a more accurate reflection of disguised unemployment that already existed in the mid-1990s …

This article explores the long-run relationship between unemployment rate and labor force participation rate in Canada … leads us to doubt the pertinence of the unemployment invariance hypothesis for Canada. This is consistent with the empirical …

unemployment in Europe. Using Faccini's data and his estimation methods, we show that the Fixed Effects estimation results collapse … evidence to support the conclusion that greater use of temporary contracts would decrease unemployment. …

the regional and skill dimension of mismatch unemployment, we find a substantial increase of mismatch unemployment for …

longer employment and unemployment spells, they must contend with lower earnings than tenants upon reemployment. They also …

In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work, labour market … participation, inequality and welfare in Germany. Unemployment fell because the Hartz IV reform induced a large fraction of the long …. Overall we find that Germany increased welfare as unemployment fell. …

document how worker flows between employment, unemployment, and out of the labor force vary by gender and age and contribute to …

unemployment statistics. This paper analyzes microdata on detailed labor force survey responses in Russia, Romania, and Estonia to … employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment of household production … alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia. -- alternative …

destruction of jobs and increased duration of joblessness will ensure that unemployment across the world will continue to rise and … rising unemployment rates, which persist long after the economy is growing again. In the wake of the present downturn, young …. -- Unemployment ; youth unemployment ; financial crisis …