normal retirement age in Germany did not prolong employment of older men. The reason for this surprising result is that … employers encouraged their employees to use the bridge options unemployment or partial retirement instead of the early … retirement option for the long-term insured. Bridge options allowed employers to terminate employment considerably earlier than …

The global crisis has led to dramatic increases in unemployment rates over most of the countries of the OECD. This book … supply, and labour force participation. He argues that the growth of unemployment and long-term unemployment is mainly due to … a lack of aggregated demand and not due to high unemployment benefits. Economics of the Labour Market shows that …

human resource management to other firms; and many will adopt "low-road" employment practices to keep labor costs low … unemployment insurance and workforce services could help workers adapt after suffering job displacement. Policies that make work …