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 …

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 …

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

the labor division between women and men and show that shocks may disrupt long-standing gender roles. The results are …

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

Despite significant improvement in female schooling over the last two decades, only a small proportion of women in … regression results show that even after accounting for human capital endowments, women are systematically less likely to … significant and negative effect on women's participation in paid work. We do not find any evidence that purdah norm variable …

Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). A key aspect of this program is to mobilize rural women into self … force and employment outcomes of rural women between 2011 and 2019. Using a generalized difference-in-differences approach …, we find that SHG membership is positively associated with labor force participation and employment of rural women. We …

crowds out language investments but raises enrollment in education. The policy had no or very small effects for women, which … is partly explained by a lower treatment intensity for women …