The Labour Force Survey is a rich data source for investigation of the factors influencing unemployment. The initial … higher for males and for those in younger‐age and shorter‐duration unemployment categories. Family responsibilities had quite … Ireland, individuals in higher unemployment areas made greater use of job centres. All of the results were duration …

Analyses factors determining the outflows from unemployment to employment across regions in Poland over the years 1992 … structure of the regional labour markets in Poland. Concludes that the values of outflows from unemployment to employment are …; and that the employment structure of regional labour markets has a strong impact on outflows from unemployment to …

‐evaluated vis‐à‐vis both their labour‐market policies. We present a statistical comparison of employment and unemployment in the two …

The article assesses the direct and indirect impact of a major redundancy on local unemployment. The extent of these … workers displaced other labour market participants from work; and (2) that self‐employment assisted the process of labour … market adjustment and, therefore, reduced both the direct and indirect effects of the redundancy on unemployment. The data …

unemployed. It uses the same criteria set to get the sample to assess their own re‐employment prospects. It concludes that … although training and retraining programmes may be a ecessary condition to enhance the re‐employment prospects of the …

more active employment policies are urgently needed in the country, they are left off the agenda. However, realistic …

unemployed in a local area, over a two‐year period during which the unemployment rate fell by 40 per cent. The databases used …

during the 1970s, youth minimum wages were lowered in the 1980s, in response to the large increase of youth unemployment …. Analyses the employment effects of lowering youth minimum wages. Looks at macro and micro evidence. At the macro level, does … not find convincing evidence of negative effects of youth minimum wages on youth employment. Constructs a micro model in …