unemployment, and end up being circumvented by informal contracts. This paper uses Brazilian microeconomic data to show that the … could have contributed to the ensuing higher rates of unemployment in the country. Moreover, the paper shows that states …

The aim of this paper is to analyze unemployment and labor market developments in Algeria and assess the factors that … may hamper employment creation. The results of the paper suggest that the relative low output-employment elasticities and … rigid labor market are the main factors behind the still high level of unemployment, particularly among the youth …

Unemployment pressures among nationals are emerging in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC). 2 … unemployment pressures while striking a balance between maintaining a liberal foreign labor policy and a reasonable level of …

This paper analyzes Algeria’s unemployment and labor market developments and assesses the factors that may hamper … employment creation. It estimates employment-to-GDP elasticity for Algeria’s main sectors and different age groups, and … assesses the effect of improvements in Algeria’s labor market flexibility on unemployment outcomes. The results on the …

productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade … unemployment is higher in Algeria than in other countries. The results are robust to various panel econometric methods and …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes unemployment and education in Namibia. Using the Afrobarometer Project survey data …, and unemployment. The paper finds that unemployment probabilities depend on the level of education. The paper also …

Recessions leave scars on the labor market. Over 200 million people across the globe are estimated to be unemployed at … present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what … is known about the effects of past recessions. If past is prologue, the cost to the unemployed (and society) could be …

€”to improve employment rates in Finland. It summarizes recent labor market developments in Finland, and investigates respectively … the limitation of current unemployment and disability benefit schemes. The paper identifies possible strategies to … activate recipients, and focuses on strategies to boost youth employment rates. The paper also discusses the possibility of …

JEL Cl This study constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores … the determinants of unemployment. We compare different countries, finding that unemployment is influenced by the size of … increases in unemployment over time, finding that they are caused by contractions in aggregate demand. These demand contractions …