Why is unemployment higher in some countries than others? Why does it fluctuate between decades? Why are some people at greater risk than others? Layard and Nickell have worked on these issues for thirty years. Their famous model, first published in 1986, is now used throughout the world. It...

Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht (IZA Research Report) Nr. 13 stellt den Endbericht des vom Bundesministeriumfür Wirtschaft und Technologie geförderten Forschungsprojektes „Wachstumsaspekteder Arbeitsmarktpolitik – Von den Nachbarn lernen“ dar, welches zwischen Januar und April 2007...