decades moving from a situation of low employment and limited labour market inequality to higher employment, but also more … inequality. Germany is a case in point as it exhibits growing employment figures and growing shares of low pay and non … explained? The paper claims that changes in labour market institutions such as unemployment benefits, active labour market …

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 …

We study how unemployment benefit eligibility affects the layoff exit rate by exploiting quasi-experimental variation … 12% in the layoff probability when unemployment benefit eligibility is attained, which persists for about 16 weeks. These …

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 …

unemployed and the inactive remain distinct groups with regards to transitions into employment, post-industrial labour markets … markets are more likely to make the transition into employment than has previously been the case. It concludes that whilst the … have indeed become more inclusive. Only a few countries saw decreased odds of transition over time for the unemployed …

aside of transitions from unemployment and employment within a multivariate duration model that controls for selection on … observables and unobservables. We find that prolonging unemployment drastically decreases the chances of finding employment, but …This study investigates whether and to what extent further unemployment experience for youths who are already long …

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 …

activation, redefining the link between social protection and labour market policies on the one hand and employment on the other …

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 …