already fragile labor market, Covid-19 has raised the urgency of action. This paper reviews labor market policy and other … find much scope for improving the design of key labor market institutions-including collective bargaining and employment … protection legislation-and active labor market policies to improve job seekers' prospects. These reforms should come hand …

component of unemployment. Various sources of labor market rigidities that may have contributed to the increase in structural … unemployment are examined. In particular, the role of the unemployment insurance system in contributing to labor market rigidity … paper examines active labor market policies that could help to alleviate structural unemployment …

forecasts of unemployment are produced. A number of scenarios are also constructed to highlight the effect of alternative labor …This paper examines the determinants of Italian unemployment by estimating and utilizing a structural vector … autoregressive (VAR) model. Both long-run and short-run macroeconomic determinants of unemployment are examined; the latter are …

Labor earnings are the dominant income source for most individuals. Thus, an inclusive labor market is key for ensuring … inclusive growth. In this paper we propose four principles that an inclusive labor market will embody: access, fairness … an inclusive labor market, focusing on the need to rebalance growth; improve risk sharing; and fight discrimination …

We analyze the differential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Spanish labor market across population groups, as well … hypothesize that income inequality likely has increased due to the pandemic. Policies aiming at reducing inequality in the labor …

This paper investigates the implications of lowering formal regulations in labor and product markets on informality and … macroeconomic outcomes in India. We estimate a DSGE model with an informal sector, and rigidities in the formal labor and product …

This paper analyzes the determinants of high unemployment in South Africa by studying labor market dynamics using … individual level panel data from the Quarterly Labor Force Survey. While prior work experience and gender are found to be … on unemployment. The paper also explores the contribution of unemployment towards inequality. Reducing unemployment is …

We read search theory's unemployment equilibrium condition as an Iso-Unemployment Curve(IUC).The IUC is the locus of … job destruction rates and expected unemployment durations rendering the same unemployment level. A country's position … unemployment level at which such preferences are satisfied Using a panel of 20 OECD countries over 1985-2008, we find employment …

This paper develops and calibrates a simple general equilibrium model with two types of labor and capital for the … various tax rates lead to lower budget deficits in the long run, as a result of an expanding tax base and lower unemployment …