combat immigrant unemployment: training, job search assistance, and subsidised public and private sector employment. We find …

workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …

: intervention works prolong unemployment for both genders as do public works for men. The number of observations on women in public …

unemployment rates since 1993 in combination with transition payments for the unemployed to start their own business can explain …

This paper analyzes the role of labor market institutions for youth unemployment, as contrasted to total unemployment … high effect of employment protection for regular jobs on youth unemployment. In addition, the combined effects of powerful … establishes significant labor supply effects and effects of the education system on youth and total unemployment. …

heterogeneity into account. Our results indicate that participation in JCSs increases the unemployment duration mainly due to … leave unemployment quicker than other groups, which results in highly skilled women benefiting from participation. However …, we find no significant impact on post-unemployment employment stability. Our results are robust to allowing for random …

relative wage and unemployment differentials for various labour market defining characteristics. A simultaneous increase in the … relative wage and the unemployment likelihood is defined as a relative wage rigidity dynamic for a labour market characteristic …