This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as … unemployment among the young and other disadvantaged groups, is typical of past experience. The paper reviews past literature on … the causes of unemployment, arguing that the origin of the present difficulties lies with a collapse in demand rather than …

collapse and rising unemployment, this paper stresses that the impact of the crisis is rather diverse, reflecting differences …

potential participants. Our econometric analysis uses unusually informative data originating from administrative unemployment …

active labor market policy, are only partly reported as unemployment. A review of the evidence on the effectiveness of labor … have alleviated social burdens from unemployment. Discussing what causes the high unemployment in the east, we claim that … effects of wage policy have been overrated. Differences in unemployment rates are also the result of more ample labor supply …

job. This paper uses an administrative dataset from the Slovak Republic on durations of individual unemployment spells …

only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur but also some further positive effects, e.g., direct job creation …