This paper analyzes Algeria’s unemployment and labor market developments and assesses the factors that may hamper … employment creation. It estimates employment-to-GDP elasticity for Algeria’s main sectors and different age groups, and … assesses the effect of improvements in Algeria’s labor market flexibility on unemployment outcomes. The results on the …

The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural … and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the … reducing government size have a significant and positive impact on employment elasticities. In addition, the results also …

Recessions leave scars on the labor market. Over 200 million people across the globe are estimated to be unemployed at … present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what … is known about the effects of past recessions. If past is prologue, the cost to the unemployed (and society) could be …

€”to improve employment rates in Finland. It summarizes recent labor market developments in Finland, and investigates respectively … the limitation of current unemployment and disability benefit schemes. The paper identifies possible strategies to … activate recipients, and focuses on strategies to boost youth employment rates. The paper also discusses the possibility of …

nation’s 2000-01 economic crisis. Higher growth could reduce unemployment and raise living standards toward European Union …

particular demographic groups. These developments can largely be accounted for by worse matching of people to jobs in the high-unemployment … employment growth, in contrast to the United States where initial labor demand shocks are expanded in the long run. After the …

increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between …