Measuring employment and unemployment is essential for economic policy. Internationally agreed measures (e.g. headcount … employment and unemployment rates based on standard definitions) enhance comparability across time and space, but changes in real …

continuing convergence of employment and unemployment patterns for men and women. However, some recent negative trends include a … rise in unemployment, especially long-term unemployment, a deteriorating youth labor market, and a stagnant gender earnings …

Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing … unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy reforms. The alternative view is that the slow recovery of the … economy is due to cyclic reasons coming from lack of demand which prevents unemployment from falling quickly. Knowing whether …

moderate recovery beginning in 2014. Despite some improvement, unemployment remains higher than pre-crisis levels, especially …

unemployment rate increased dramatically, and the labor force participation rate declined by four percentage points between 2007 … unemployment via a reduction in overall labor supply. As the crisis deepened, long-term unemployment escalated, creating … significant policy challenges. Overall unemployment has been dropping rapidly since 2013, but remains above its pre-crisis level. …

public sector units in 1991. Since then, per capita output has increased significantly, while the overall unemployment rate … unemployment remains stubbornly high, an overwhelming proportion of the labor force continues to work in the informal sector, and …

and 2013, the unemployment rate increased dramatically, from 5% to 15.5%, and the labor force participation rate declined … economy, helping to moderate impacts on unemployment via a reduction in overall labor supply. As the crisis deepened, long …-term unemployment escalated. However, since 2013, there is clear evidence of a recovery in the labor market with unemployment, both …

Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects …, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment …-effective and efficient means of reducing unemployment, during both periods of economic stability and recovery. …