We analyse the relationship between unemployment and self-assessed health using the European Community Household Panel … a cross-section, unemployment is associated with poor self-assessed health. However, we are somewhat more likely to … obtain the negative effects of unemployment on health when long-term unemployment is used as the measure of unemployment …

unemployment rate are mixed. This study analyzes the relationship between employment protection legislation measured by the OECD … Employment Protection Index and the unemployment rate between 2001 and 2008. After controlling country fixed effects, I find that … more stringent employment protection legislation may not be a significant factor for higher a unemployment rate. The …

Australia has experienced a varied track record on unemployment. For the third quarter of the 20th century unemployment … averaged 2.0 per cent. This is bracketed by average unemployment rates of 8.6 and 7.4 per cent in the second and fourth quarter … economy. Two simulation experiments are considered. In the first we study the effect of varying the unemployment benefit on …

There is substantial heterogeneity in the gender gaps in unemployment across OECD countries. We incorporate labor … market conditions, moral hazard and home production into a quantitative model of unemployment. The model can explain most of … the gender gaps in unemployment across the OECD countries. We �find that each component is quantitatively important to …

of unemployment in Chile. To carry out this purpose, a model Logit Binomial was estimated using information of the Survey … unemployment risk. In this context, it is necessary the intervention of the authority across incentives or forcing to the people to …

This paper examines the prospects for Australia meeting the Governments target to bring unemployment down to 5 per cent … by the year 2000. Particular attention is paid to the effect of the business cycle on unemployment. …

The aim of this paper is to study unemployment and job creation in the GCC countries. Population growth rates in all …, unemployment could reach 40% for youths aged between 20 and 24, and higher for women. Creating appropriate job opportunities for … nationals, and reducing current unemployment, is a critical focus of GCC governments. …

stillbirth, and for the long-term health and labour market outcomes of those that survive. Variation in in utero exposure comes … district and quarter of birth, and their health and labour market outcomes observed at fifty and sixty years old. Differences …