performance as seen through its GDP per capita and its unemployment rate. It takes advantage of a new database where immigration … negatively to its unemployment rate. At the same time, we find that immigration itself increases France's GDP per capita …, particularly in the case of family immigration. This family immigration also reduces the country's unemployment rate, especially …

This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, unemployment and economic growth of the host … 1980-2005 period for 22 OECD countries, we find that, only in Portugal, unemployment negatively causes immigration, while … in any country, immigration does not cause unemployment. On the other hand, our results show that, in four countries …

impact on aggregate unemployment, native-and foreign-born unemployment rates). We also find that migration is influenced by … host economic conditions (migration responds positively to host GDP per capita and negatively to host total unemployment …

This paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The … they experience relatively less unemployment. We assume that wages are determined by a monopoly union and further that a … of lower unemployment. …

We analyse the effects active labour market programmes (ALMPs) have on unemployment in a union wage-setting framework … case where ALMPs increase match efficiency of the marginalized workers, and show that ALMPs may increase unemployment. …

This paper examines the impact on unemployment, unemployment distribution, wages and welfare of Youth Unemployment …

the impact of YUPs on skill division, unemployment distribution workers and aggregate unemployment. …