to the reference value around 4.5%. As a result of the policy, during the last ten years unemployment in France was twice …A linear and lagged relationship between inflation, unemployment and labor force change rate, π(t)=A0UE(t-t0)+A1dLF …. The relationship obtained for France is characterized by A0=-1, A1=4, A2=0.095, t0=4 years, and t1=4 years. For GDP …

This paper studies the optimal unemployment insurance for older workers in a repeated principal-agent model, where the …). When unemployment benefits are the only available tool, the insurance agency is not able to induce older workers to search … for a job. This is because of the short time-horizon of workers close to retirement. We propose to introduce a pension tax …

. Finally, even in the special case where search intensity is zero close to retirement, perfect risk-sharing across unemployment …At the end of working life, as well as reducing unemployment benefits, the unemployment-insurance agency could apply …-free. Second, the short job duration before retirement implies that the budgetary return and search incentives associated with the …

Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can …, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt backward technology, at the cost of reduced economic growth …. Alternatively, unemployment diminishes because productivity grows by employing workers who prefer to become skilled, and thus not to …

evasion and unemployment. This paper shows that the firm's decision to evade taxes also depends on trust in tax authorities …, and affects one of the most important macroeconomic variables: the unemployment rate. Also, the model is able to mimic the … and a reduction of tax evasion may decrease unemployment. …

, price inflation, labor force participation, productivity, and unemployment. The evolution of real GDP depends only on …

unemployment. To this goal, we develop a Schumpeterian model of endogenous growth: agents have the choice of being employed or … being doing R&D activities. Unemployment is caused by the wage-setting behavior of unions. We show that: (i) High labor … costs or powerful trade unions lead to higher unemployment and lower economic growth. (ii) Efficient bargain allows to …

Using an analog of the boundary element method in engineering and science, we analyze and model unemployment rate in … force. Originally, the model linking unemployment to inflation and labor force was developed and successfully tested for … Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Autoregressive properties of neither of these variables are …

policies and to study the problem of unemployment. These notes mean to provide an exhaustive introduction to the study of the …