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 …

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 …

This paper examines labour market matching in Austria since 2008, with a particular focus on the effects of the COVID …-19 pandemic, overall labour market conditions were relatively stable, with mismatched unemployment returning to pre …

individual shifts from paid employment to either unemployment or self-employment over the period 2001-13, as linked to changes in … probability of workers to become self-employed. R&D increases the probability of moving from unemployment to paid employment …The paper adds to the literature on innovation and employment by looking at the relationship between R&D investments …

Local labour market concentration may influence firms' employment responses to minimum wages. We evaluate this … wages. We find that, consistently with monopsony views, the negative effects of minimum wages on employment are reduced when … labour market concentration is higher. We also find positive employment effects of minimum wages, but only in some …

to employment, wages, prices and household well-being. The meta-analysis finds that most results on employment and wages … are non-significant. When significant, decreases in employment and wages are more likely to occur than increases with …

, suggesting no major job losses or increased unemployment among this group. However, we observe a significant increase in prices …

document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment …COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We … rate understates employment losses. We focus on the percentage of the civilian population that is employed and at work …

the Beveridge curve in Austria. We find empirical evidence to confirm that the increase in the unemployment rate in … Austria after 2011 can indeed be attributed to a supplyside shock. But, contrary to other research, our analysis shows that …