Abstract: Since unemployment rates began to rise in the mid-1970s, reducing unemployment has become a central political … rates in Germany, unemployment is still one of the greatest social problems today. As the unemployment is largely caused by …

new OECD project on the dynamics of employment (DynEmp) based on an innovative methodology using firm-level data (i … firms play a central role in creating jobs, whereas old SMEs tend to destroy jobs. This pattern holds robustly across 17 … national policies in enabling successful firms to create jobs. …

Greece’s labour market entered the COVID-19 shock following several years of sustained employment growth and with wages … picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The … from the COVID-19 shock, in addition to durably improving employment prospects especially of long-term unemployed. Giving …