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 …

Persistent unemployment across OECD countries has led to increasing investments in activation programmes and, as a …

policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this article focuses … on the evolution of unemployment as well as inactivity across European countries. Indeed, previous crises have typically … lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It …

labor market policies. More generous unemployment support, which provided income replacement or programs to assist …

could induce involuntary low-skilled unemployment. …

unemployment. At the country level, a disproportional relationship between the "de jure" labor market regulation and unemployment …