This paper looks behind the standard, publicly available employment and unemployment statistics that studies of … estimates show that measured employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment … official definitions in apparently minor ways can produce alternative employment rates that are sharply higher in Russia but …

establishes theoretical models for different aspects of labor force mobility, discusses the availability of data on Russia and …

tracing key labor market indicators such as employment, unemployment, labor force participation, working hours, and real wages …

By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the … early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several … the rise and fall of unemployment. It is argued that the steep rise in unemployment was mainly the result of a series of …

We explore whether finance influences the impact of labour market institutions on unemployment. Using a data set of 18 … market variables to unemployment are affected by financial factors. In Belgium, Italy, Australia, Japan and Spain, accounting … for financial indicators mitigates the benefits of labour market flexibilization or makes it harmful to employment. In …

(unemployment generosity, tax wedge, active labour market policies, employment protection legislation, product market regulation … active labour market policies still perform poorly, both contributing to weak employment. …