and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment … protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum income support, working time flexibility and wage setting played a … crucial role in determining to what extent the economic crisis led to higher unemployment, wage cuts or income losses and …

reducing unemployment leads to industrialised countries offering financial support to unemployed job seekers when searching for …The appealing idea of geographically relocating unemployed job seekers from depressed to prosperous regions and hence … assistance programmes (MAPs) on the job search behaviour of unemployed workers and how this affects their labour market outcomes …

raises the question of why only minor shares of unemployed job seekers relocate in order to find employment. The German …In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates … on the one hand and low geographical mobility among the unemployed on the other hand. This is somewhat surprising and …

countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows that labor market institutions frequently used to study employment … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …

economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in … shows that, at least for the time being, unemployment increases have been contained in countries with comparatively strong … further dualization of labour markets given that risks are allocated unequally across types of employment …

This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting … out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both … groups. However, the responsibility for employment policies still predominantly lies within Member States of the European …

study points at the changes in Germany's status- and occupation-oriented unemployment benefit regime that has been … relinquished for a larger share of dependent population. Unemployment insurance benefit duration is shorter now and newly created … basic income support for needy persons is not earnings-related anymore. Pressure on unemployed to take up jobs has increased …

A substantial number of young unemployed participate in active labor market programs (ALMP) in Germany each year. While … the aims of these programs are clear – a fast re-integration into employment or enrollment in further education – a … unemployment entries in 2002 and analyze the short- and long-term impacts for a variety of different programs. With informative …

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … (ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed … from a large sample of participants in two distinct start-up programs and a control group of unemployed individuals. We …