und dem entsprechenden Risiko der Arbeitslosigkeit gebildet werden. …

Using a panel of 17 countries for 1978–2009, we find that tax-driven consolidations increase unemployment by 0 …-term) unemployment by 0.6–0.7 (1.8–2.2) percentage points. …

In this paper we appraise the existence of a negative relationship between the wage level and the unemployment rate … unemployment rate. …

This paper starts from the observation that despite their very high levels of unemployment, major European countries … have devoted few resources to reducing it. This suggests that there is little political concern about high unemployment. I …

In this paper we present an investigation of unemployment persistence in Japan, the United States and fourteen European … recent differential unemployment persistence in our sample of countries: first, sluggishness in labour demand, and second … deviations from target. We also examine the short-run and medium-run effects on unemployment of shocks and policies that shift …