and restrictions on fixed‐term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … active labor market policies. The paper provides an overview of reform patterns and tries to assess whether and to what … unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in hirings on …

specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment …

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …

We document the presence of a trade-off between unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL … the strictness of EPL, the generosity of UBs and the amount of redistribution involved by the financing of unemployment …"We document the presence of a trade-off between unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL …

. 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 …

at unemployment with special emphasis on the schemes complementing compensation from the unemployment insurance scheme … prolonged periods of unemployment. Of special interest is that those complementing systems differ between different sectors of …

The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered … would facilitate the structural transformation and reduce the long-term unemployment rate. Linking increases in unemployment …