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

leads to smaller output and employment declines compared to rate hikes, even when distinguishing between tax types …

detrimental medium-term effects on output, unemployment, poverty, and inequality. However, policies can go a long way toward … relatively greater fiscal support. The increases in unemployment, poverty, and inequality are likewise lower for countries with …

This paper explores the impact of policies and institutions on employment and unemployment of OECD countries in the … and institutions affect employment not only via their impact on aggregate unemployment but also through their effects on … past decades. Reduced-form unemployment equations, consistent with standard wage setting/price-setting models, are …

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 …

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 …