This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which … unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain …-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are viewed as the outcome of the interplay between labor market shocks and prolonged …

17 autonomous regions of Spain (1987-2006) show that labour market characteristics, such as the unemployment and the … “workers’ rights”. Thus, the individual costs of unemployment are better predictors of the demand for individual grievance …

Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes in Zeiten hoher Arbeitslosigkeit die Beschäftigung gesteigert werden kann, wenn die … occupation when unemployment is high, if ex ante anticipation of draconic dismissal protection by employers causes low occupation … underlying the model shows that relaxing dismissal protection can make contribution to decrease unemployment under certain …

Important explanation factors for the development of the rate of unemployment are labour market institutions. This … by three aspects: 1) We do not use the actual rate of unemployment or averages about several years, but her trend … all the employment protection, labour taxes and the unemployment benefit system have significant effects on the long …

unemployment in Europe. Using Faccini's data and his estimation methods, we show that the Fixed Effects estimation results collapse … evidence to support the conclusion that greater use of temporary contracts would decrease unemployment. …

This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on unemployment in a panel of 19 OECD countries for the … of the unemployment rate. Our novel contribution is the estimation of panel models where we allow for heterogeneous … effects of institutions on unemployment. Our main results are that on the average a tighter employment protection, a higher …

necessarily increasing general unemployment. However, recent evidence from transition and emerging economies shows that employment … protection legislation tends to raise unemployment among disadvantaged groups, particularly youth, and may increase informal work …

unemployment rate are mixed. This study analyzes the relationship between employment protection legislation measured by the OECD … Employment Protection Index and the unemployment rate between 2001 and 2008. After controlling country fixed effects, I find that … more stringent employment protection legislation may not be a significant factor for higher a unemployment rate. The …