's exceptional growth performance in the 1990s, which has earned it the nickname of "Celtic Tiger." However, these sectors represent …

to strengthen competition in the non-tradable sector and make the labor market more efficient and inclusive, supported by …

labor market can coexist with a generous welfare system to achieve low unemployment. Using a panel of 19 countries over 1960 …-2002, the paper identifies the elements of the flexicurity model that may have contributed to the low unemployment rate. A … the financing aspect, the paper finds that effective implementation will depend on the initial unemployment level and …

EPL discourages both. The overall impact on equilibrium unemployment is thus ambiguous, depending on the characteristics … destruction effect is stronger, thus raising the unemployment rate. …

relatively minor intervention can dramatically increase the fragility of jobs, the length of unemployment spells, as well as the … extent of unemployment and labor market churning. With institutions of the type studied here common across many different …

Despite improvements in labor market performance over the past decade, owing in part to past reforms, Italy …

flexibility with state-provided unemployment insurance and can be applied only to new entrants in the market without affecting the …

The paper examines the consequences of fiscal consolidation in times of persistently low growth and high unemployment … unemployment at five-year horizons are significantly above one during PR episodes. These results suggest that medium-term fiscal …