This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …

depicted and its effects on formal and informal labour markets. The most important challenges for employment policy as well as …

By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the … early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several … the rise and fall of unemployment. It is argued that the steep rise in unemployment was mainly the result of a series of …

shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison …

and education has been roughly proportional, however. The evolution of employment and unemployment does not offer much … of labor market programs on youth employment. We find that the slump in the 1990s has been associated with dramatic … increases in youth unemployment and youth participation in active labor market programs. The impact on unemployment rates by age …

) programs. We apply this to contrast regime and treatment effects on unemployment durations, employment, and postunemployment …Public Employment Service (PES) agencies and caseworkers (CW) often have substantial leeway in the design and … intensive carrots and sticks regimes each reduce unemployment durations, but with carrots regimes this raises earnings whereas …

certain state (e.g. unemployment) to be eligible for a treatment, treatments may commence at different points in time, and the … earnings in subsequent employment. Any evaluation needs to take into account that some of those who are not trained at a … certain time in unemployment will leave unemployment before training while others will be trained later. We are interested in …

This study evaluates the impact of agricultural subsidies (CAP) on unemployment and employment outside the agricultural …