employment, unemployment, and economic growth in OECD countries. The paper examines a number of facets of tax and welfare policy …

There have been concerns that employment-enhancing reforms along the lines of the 1994 OECD Jobs Strategy could … equity has taken place in OECD countries, notably in the 1990s. During this period, reductions of unemployment have been … employment have in general offset the impact of rising wage dispersion. A preliminary econometric analysis for the period 1978 …

implementation of employment protection legislation could also help reduce unemployment. Efforts to tackle crime could help reduce …Unemployment in South Africa is extremely high and unevenly distributed, being concentrated among young less … which produced the extreme levels of unemployment, but more could have been done to unwind those legacies and other policies …

that if annual GDP growth averages 7 percent and the employment elasticity is one-half, urban unemployment could double to …

to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …

, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …

This paper deals with trends and cycles of unemployment and labour-force participation. Empirical evidence on both … trends and cyclical movements in unemployment and participation is presented. Some of the mechanisms behind the observed … assessment of labour market slack of the observed interplay between unemployment and participation are discussed. The paper ends …

, including unemployment-related and disability schemes. Pooled cross-country time-series regressions show that increased …