domains with macro-structural relevance (employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits, wage setting). Reforms tend … improved activity rates and lower unemployment. …

policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this letter focuses … on the evolution of unemployment as well as inactivity across European countries. Indeed, previous crises have typically … lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It …

by more labor mobility within and between EU countries, in combination with a selective immigration policy based on labor …

features of the Beveridge curve and frictional unemployment in EU countries, with a view to isolate temporary changes in the … vacancy-unemployment relationship from structural shifts affecting the efficiency of labour market matching. Second, it … crisis. The lengthening of unemployment spells appears to be a significant driver of matching efficiency especially after the …

from Ukraine but EaP migrants are a relatively small share of total migrants. EaP migrants experience worse labor market …

Monetary Union (EMU) has to be compensated by an increase in fiscal policy. A joint unemployment insurance is seen as one … opportunity. After comparing a basic design with a "kicking-in" style unemployment insurance, we recommend the latter as it …

and Income Security (EIS) to strengthen the inclusive function and stabilisation impact of national unemployment insurance …

on unemployment should have in order to be incentive-compatible and politically feasible. It then derives empirically the …-national transfers, mimicking those that would be generated by a notional euro-wide unemployment benefit scheme of minimal coverage and …

magnitude of mobility flows, workers do appear more ready to move from countries where unemployment is high to those where it is …

This paper assesses the current situation of youth unemployment in the European Union. In this context, the main …