structural breaks. The results show that unemployment hysteresis hypothesis is strongly rejected when taking into account the …This paper revisits the dynamics of unemployment rate for 29 OECD countries over the period of 1980-2013. Numerous … empirical studies of the dynamics of unemployment rate are carried out within a linear framework. However, unemployment rate can …

The fight against unemployment has become one of the most important challenges that advanced European countries have … implementation of a set of flexibility measures - represent a useful tool to reduce unemployment. In this chapter, we estimate the … short- and long-run effects of a change in the labour market institution on unemployment - using data about 28 selected …