, including labor market segmentation. This particularly concerns reforms in: (1) employment protection, i.e. dismissal protection … and restrictions on fixed‐term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in hirings on …

. This paper provides evidence on the effect of unemployment benefits on unemployment and employment duration in Europe …"The empirical literature on unemployment insurance has focused on its direct effect on unemployment duration, while … the potential indirect effect on employment stability through a more efficient matching process, as the unemployed can …

This paper provides a unified account of the trends in unemployment and labor force participation pertaining to the … employment experience of older male workers during the past half-century. We build an equilibrium life-cycle model with labor … institutions in ways that deteriorate employment. The model explains simultaneously: (i) the fall in labor force participation in …