Unemployment increased drastically over the course of the Great Recession from 4.5 percent prior to the recession to 10 … percent at its peak in October 2009. Since then, the unemployment rate has come down steadily, and it stood at 5.8 percent in … November 2014. Based on existing analyses and some new evidence, this paper establishes that much of the change in unemployment …

evidence on the impact of ALMPs on employment and unemployment rates. This is followed by a review of the key lessons from …

labour market conditions, the long-term unemployment rate is well above the OECD average. Therefore, the "carrot and stick … reducing long-term unemployment and long-term basic income receipt. An important element is an activation strategy for the long …

and helps to preserve jobs in the context of a recession by making employment and unemployment less elastic with respect …

During the last decade, unemployment in Greece climbed up to 28%, almost quadrupling due to the economic crisis that … hit Greece. In the present paper, we examine the determinants of the unemployment dynamics and the impact of the minimum … wage on the probability of making a transition into and out of unemployment. We use micro-level data from the Greek Labour …

reforms is positively associated with the unemployment rate, the simultaneous implementation of fiscal consolidation measures … unemployment rate in the short run when they are approved during contractionary periods-while they have a non-significant effect …

and measures aimed at vulnerable populations are more effective than other ALMPs in terms of reducing unemployment and …