2008-2009 crisis. This paper discusses the efficiency of this type of policy and investigates its impact on unemployment … and employment. There is some evidence that short-time compensation programs stabilize permanent employment and reduce … unemployment during downturns. All in all, it seems that short-time work programs used in the recent downturn had significant …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a …

unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits, employment …The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which …

, but sustainable, recovery. Improvement in the labor market may take some time, but many believe that unemployment will … consequences for unemployment may be worse than anticipated. …

associated with a more regulated labor market, lower unemployment benefit replacement rates, and a smaller tax wedge on labor. We …

Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled … complementarities in skill formation. Investments in the human capital of children should expand relative to investment in older workers …

-headed families with dependent children in which neither partner was in paid employment. Selected women on family benefits (who were … partnered with men receiving unemployment benefits) were randomly invited to participate in an interview process designed to …

the most effective program to bring down unemployment. Public employment services have some impact while subsidized jobs …

workers are (i.e. the more their wages rise with employment duration), the more effective will unemployment vouchers be …The paper examines the relative effectiveness of two policy proposals in reducing unemployment and working poverty …: unemployment vouchers and low-wage subsidies. The unemployment vouchers are targeted exclusively at the unemployed (especially the …

participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment and annual income, as well as on the labor market equilibrium …