structured and to what it extent it could influence actual policy-making in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden over the last …

. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … population groups with the elderly, people with disabilities, lone parents, the low-educated and the unemployed being …

that was implemented in 2006 in Belgium could have played a role not only in the transition to employment and inactivity … unemployment to disability and no impact on the transition rate to employment or inactivity. More precisely, individuals just below …

acquisition or family reunification. Whereas higher welfare expenditures seem to exert a lock-in effect, a comparison across …

rate.Labour market deregulation, proxied by the employment protection legislation index, is detrimental to unemployment in …. In terms of employment protection, young workers are almost twice as strongly affected as older workers. Regarding …

We study the impact of the Austrian Employment Act for the Disabled which grants extended employment protection …, requires a hiring quota for firms, and subsidizes the employment of severely disabled (SD) workers. Using a large sample of …-status is associated with lower employment and earnings. However, workers holding a job when acquiring legal SD-status have …

the Netherlands between 1969 and 2004. The results show significant short and long-run effects of labour demand as well as …

context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated … loosening employment protections while providing relatively generous UI benefits with strict job search requirements holds out …