While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit … insurance on steady-state employment, the short-term effects of benefit reforms are not well-established. This paper contributes …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail …

and policy initiatives. -- Gender differentials ; Pay ; Employment …

The crises of the past few years have led to a significant increase in youth unemployment in Europe. This, in turn, has … highlighted the long-standing phenomenon of well above average youth unemployment. In some countries, the youth unemployment rate … reached unprecedented levels, although the rise of unemployment among young people was no more significant than among adults …

employment in Romania from 1993 to 1995. The data show not only a large drop in aggregate industry employment, but also a decline … other industrial sectors, in agriculture, and in services, as well as unemployment and non-participation in the labor force … present a mixed picture of social dislocation and improved reallocation. -- unemployment ; sectoral shifts ; reallocation …

also characterised by high flows into and out of employment, implying that most unemployment spells are rather short and …A major labour market challenge following the Great Recession is to avoid an increase in long-term unemployment and … thus the structural unemployment rate. Active labour market policies may play an important role in this respect. We …

Youth unemployment in Germany has fallen to its lowest level since German reunification. Between 2005 and 2012 …, unemployment among under 25 year olds has more than halved. By international standards, Germany is in an exceptionally good … position. Nowhere in Europe is youth unemployment lower. However, this is not so much due to structural improvements or …

employment, wages, and hours of work. In order to assess whether the changes experienced by workers in the sectors analysed were … income as a result of the law. -- minimum wage ; South Africa ; wage ; employment ; hours of work …

affects earnings and educational success. But, most strikingly, it affects employment and physical health. In advanced …