producing employment growth and in reducing unemployment than most continental-European OECD-countries. It is argued that the …

feature of the analysis is the comparison of both unemployment compensation systems in a two-country setting. It is … for economies with either an earnings-related or flatrate unemployment compensation system are considered. A distinctive … demonstrated that the performance of a system with earnings-related or flat-rate unemployment benefits depends on whether the labor …

Worksharing is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. In this paper we present a … evidence for the proposition that worksharing would promote employment or reduce unemployment. In an appendix we present an …

The recent financial crises, alongside a dramatic rise in unemployment on both sides of the Atlantic, suggest that … on liquidity are hit disproportionally hard. This may explain why the unemployment rate in the US during the Great …