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 …

-2007. Moreover, the results suggested that unemployment bore an association with occupational access constraints and wage sorting in …

individual has been unemployed for 10 months, pointing to the existence of an unemployment stigma for Germany. The results are … evidence for an unemployment stigma determined by the contract type. …

Recent evidence from large-scale field experiments has shown that employers use job candidates’ unemployment duration … unemployment durations. In addition, these participants rate the job candidates on statements central to four theoretical … mechanisms often related to the scarring effect of unemployment: general signalling theory, (perceived) skill loss, queuing …

in Chile is mostly due to a decrease in the in ow transition rate from unemployment as well as an increase in the out ow … transition rates to unemployment and informality. …

quantitative effects of (i) aggregate productivity shocks on unemployment and (ii) unemployment benefits on unemployment. This … model, unemployment benefits affect households' behavior directly, without having to run via the bargained wage. A … effect of benefits on unemployment. Our analysis shows the importance of investigating the effects of policies on the …

participation rate and employment-population ratio but had little discernible effect on the unemployment rate. Factors robustly …