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 …

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 …

data is useful for analysing the consequences for gender equality in employment. Since the demand for labour is a derived … for many firms, This creates a loss of liquidity which, in turn, has caused some firms to reduce employment, working hours …, employment, the share of females in employment and firm expectations of survival). A limitation of such analysis with any …

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 …

principle, the program should be able to affect the frictional and mismatch components of unemployment, if not the Keynesian and … the entire school-to-work transition system, involving not only public employment services, but also educational and … training systems. To tackle the Keynesian and neoclassical components of unemployment, instead, it is vital to rethink the …

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 …

variables). Besides institutional variables influencing external numerical flexibility (employment protection, unemployment …

two main sources: the program administration and compulsory communications on employment and unemployment spells. We found … employment integration of benefit recipients. To address the issue, we have resorted to a counterfactual approach with data from …