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. …

The aim of this paper is to analyze unemployment and labor market developments in Algeria and assess the factors that … rigid labor market are the main factors behind the still high level of unemployment, particularly among the youth …. Simulation analyses, based on the results on the relation between labor market institutions and unemployment, show that …

German unemployment insurance system and resulted in a significant reduction in unemployment benefits for the long …-term unemployed. In this paper, we use an incomplete-market model with search unemployment to evaluate the macro-economic and welfare …-run (noncyclical) unemployment rate in Germany by 1.4 percentage points. We also find that the welfare of employed households increases …

affects private sector employment, the unemployment level, and the unemployment duration in the transition economies of … private sector and a high unemployment level of long duration. The paper also addresses the issue of the optimal (output …

using macroeconomic data on employment, unemployment, participation, and (for Canada) migration and real wages. We find that …

unemployment rates in some states. Federal government transfers to households also appear to have adversely affected work … incentives in high unemployment states by limiting participation in the labor force. …