While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …

Youth unemployment in Uganda increased from 12.7% in 2012/13 to 13.3 in 2016/17, despite a decline in the overall … national unemployment rate from 11.1% to 9.2%. This poses serious development challenges, particularly to the ongoing efforts …, residence, and age determine youth unemployment in Uganda. Using recent data from the Uganda National Household Survey 2016 …

PurposeThis study aims to resolve Korea’s youth unemployment problem by analyzing the exit duration and unemployment …-seeking activities during college on reducing unemployment.Design/methodology/approachData from the eighth to 11th Korean Education and …’s unemployment exit duration is, the less likely it becomes that he or she will escape from unemployment. Third, self-esteem is an …

unemployment benefits. We use the 1999 unemployment insurance reform of Portugal, a quasi-natural experiment. The reform increased … the maximum duration of benefits for three groups of agents and maintained all features of the unemployment insurance for … successfully predicts the effects on the unemployment rate, the labor force participation, and the levels of unemployment and …

paper examines the effect of labor-market institutions on the fluctuations of age-specific unemployment rates based on panel …The way age-specific unemployment rates fluctuate over the business cycle differs significantly across countries. This …

variables on the employment, labor force participation, and unemployment rates of 5-year age interval categories—all derived …

, unemployment, informality, and earnings. We compare these statistics with the same indicators of adults (individuals aged between …

We ask how employers contribute to unemployment scarring in the recruitment process in the German-speaking part of … unemployment in a job candidate’s CV and how this affects the chances of young applicants being considered for a vacancy. We argue … detrimental effect of early unemployment depends on how well the applicant’s profile matches the requirements of the advertised …

and weekly earnings, employment, unemployment and full-time work. The study finds that university degrees provide …