(unemployment generosity, tax wedge, active labour market policies, employment protection legislation, product market regulation …

increasing unemployment. A key question is which policies have this effect. Using a 3-year panel of 90 countries, the study finds … that the unemployment rate is affected by the existence, duration, and replacement rate of unemployment insurance. Hiring … unemployment. These results are broadly in line with the extensive literature on countries of the Organisation for Economic Co …

whereby unemployment affects investment and growth. The model generates a growth unemployment rate trade-off. A reduced … propensity to save raises growth but it also raises the unemployment rate because of induced technological progress. This … unemployment affects income distribution; introduction of a Phillips curve and inflation effects; and introduction of demand growth …

earnings losses for young workers generated by unemployment: unemployment represents time forgone in terms of human capital … downturn, as documented in the empirical literature. At the aggregate level, the framework delivers youth unemployment rates … that are higher and more sensitive to fluctuations in aggregate productivity than total unemployment rates. Additionally …