The effects that the economic crisis triggered by COVID-19 is having on unemployment could hardly differ more than in … of the European Union (EU-27) managed to keep unemployment in check largely through heavy reliance on short-time work or … similar measures, the United States has been experiencing mass unemploy-ment reminiscent of the Great Depression of 1929 …

the most effective program to bring down unemployment. Public employment services have some impact while subsidized jobs …

We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job … search guidelines - affect unemployment. In our analysis we find that not only micro effects concerning the behavior of … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate …

The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also "successful" countries in which … the unemployment rate decreased a lot. A common feature of the successful countries is that they implemented a …

and Income Security (EIS) to strengthen the inclusive function and stabilisation impact of national unemployment insurance …