This paper examines age- and gender-specific employment sensitivity to growth across different economic sectors. By …-, gender-, and sector-specific employment intensities to growth. Our study examines the ability of growth in different sectors … to generate total employment opportunities. Results show that regardless of gender or age, the employment growth is …

The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes - such as unemployment insurance and …

questions on the determinants of firms' labor demand, unemployed individuals' job search behavior and the state's role in …

Canada's Youth Hires program was a targeted employment subsidy that rebated employment insurance premiums to employers … datasets statistically and economically significant employment impacts are observed. Most of the evidence suggests that the 2 …-2.4 weeks of increased employment resulted from an aggregate reduction in those not in the labour force, with at most a modest …

Purpose This paper explores the evidence of a long-run co-movement between aggregate unemployment insurance spending … and the labor force participation rate in the USA. The unemployment insurance (UI) program tends to expand during an … economic downturn and contract during an expansion. UI may incentivize unemployment and may also facilitate better matching in …

We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI … had minimal effects on employment and earnings; these programs mainly induced the early exit of participants. The fourth … increased employment and earnings. Both early participant exits and effective job counseling underlie these impacts. We conclude …

employment levels during recessions. However, they can create inefficiency in the labor market, and might limit labor market …