employs the same or another worker, the vacancy rate increases and the unemployment rate declines. However, the scheme …

impact on unemployment in the short term, but that this effect rapidly disappears in the medium term in countries with … with more rigid labor market institutions. These effects are even larger for youth unemployment in the short term and long …-term unemployment in the medium term. Conversely, large upfront, or gradual but significant, comprehensive labor market policies have a …

productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade … unemployment is higher in Algeria than in other countries. The results are robust to various panel econometric methods and …

hypotheses concerning the slow employment growth and rise in unemployment since 1990 are evaluated. The analysis indicates that a … large part of the recent rise in the unemployment rate may reflect an increase in the structural rather than the cyclical … component of unemployment. Various sources of labor market rigidities that may have contributed to the increase in structural …

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 … forecasts of unemployment are produced. A number of scenarios are also constructed to highlight the effect of alternative labor …