the sector and which suggest the need to rethink the approaches to date. First, the unemployment rate is countercyclical … employment is countercyclical because of the difficulty of finding formal jobs from inactivity, unemployment and other informal …

macroeconomic, education, and social protection policies have on the dynamics of employment and unemployment by skill level. The … positive assumptions regarding economic growth, unemployment rates are likely to remain close to current levels in the next …

A puzzle in the recently stagnated economy of Jamaica is that high rates of unemployment have persisted even when real … unemployment have existed with increasing real wages. This is a sign of a badly functioning labor market. The cross …

Latvia has recorded sustained GDP and productivity growth since 1997. Yet unemployment rates, despite gradual decrease …, have remained high. The paper explores the mysteries of unemployment in Latvia. It analyzes labor flows between employment …, unemployment, and nonparticipation and finds the following results: The type of education and the region of residence appear to be …

Using novel data on unemployment benefits and active labor market policies in 191 countries in 2019 and 2020, this … paper investigates the patterns of unemployment benefits and active labor market policies and their relationship with labor … examines the association of both unemployment benefits and active labor market policies with several labor market outcomes at …

The author studies the potential disincentive effects of unemployment insurance, and social assistance payments on the … duration of unemployment in the Slovak Republic. For this purpose, she uses new, very detailed data on receipt of benefits from … the Unemployment Registry (1990-2000) and the Labor Force Survey (1996, 1999, and 2000). She employs a flexible …

This paper studies the impact of labor market policies on growth and unemployment in labor-exporting countries in the …