The global recession is likely to results in higher structural unemployment for some time in many OECD countries. This … paper assesses how the shock to aggregate unemployment as a result of the economic crisis may be transmitted to structural … unemployment through hysteresis effects that occur through the rise in long-term unemployment. The estimated increase in structural …

This paper analyses the determinants of structural unemployment rates in a two-stage approach. First, time … drivers of structural unemployment. Consistent with earlier studies, the level of product market regulation, union density and … the unemployment benefit replacement rate also play an important role in explaining changes in the NAIRU although there is …

to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …

, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …

This paper assesses the consequences of immigration for natives' unemployment in OECD countries and investigates the … raise temporarily natives' unemployment, over a period of approximately five to ten years. Anticompetitive product market … protection legislation magnifies its persistence, and a higher average replacement rate of unemployment benefits increases its …

This paper explores the impact of policies and institutions on employment and unemployment of OECD countries in the … and institutions affect employment not only via their impact on aggregate unemployment but also through their effects on … specific interactions across policies and institutions are found to be particularly robust, notably between unemployment …

inadvertently lead to increased income inequality and poverty. This paper focuses on the impact of institutions and redistributive … equity has taken place in OECD countries, notably in the 1990s. During this period, reductions of unemployment have been …- 2000 fails to detect any robust relationship between labour market institutions/policies and inequality as measured by the …