evidence of large heterogeneities among demographic groups. Interestingly, unemployment rates in levels across demographic … groups are not necessarily aligned with the sensitivity of these demographic groups’ (un)employment and participation rates …

-employment to analyze the implications of introducing universal unemployment protection for informal workers through transfers …, which are conditional on participation in training programs. We study how changes in unemployment benefits (UB) for … increasing training UB reduces unprotected unemployment and improves labor market outcomes through higher formal salaried …

, greater average firm productivity, a larger formal employment share, and a marginally lower unemployment rate. …

economies (EMEs) by building a framework with equilibrium unemployment and firm entry that incorporates key elements of the …-employment, labor participation, and unemployment. As a result, the tax generates output and welfare losses. Green technology adoption …

firms are more cyclically sensitive to unemployment. Besides, the VAR impulse response analysis suggests that workers move …

This paper explores the link between Brazil's political institutions and its disappointing productivity and growth in … recent decades. Although political institutions provide the president with incentives and the instruments to pursue monetary …

generates a negative effect on wages and an increase in the unemployment rate--and skilled workers, who benefit from higher … wages and lower unemployment. These changes in the labor market affect the government's revenue, resulting, in the long term …

Providing unemployment insurance is particularly problematic in countries with high informality because workers can … claim unemployment benefits and work in the informal sector at the same time. This paper proposes a method to evaluate … unemployment insurance savings account (UISA) scheme can be evaluated. The method is applied to Mexico, and the results show how …