Unemployment increased drastically over the course of the Great Recession from 4.5 percent prior to the recession to 10 … percent at its peak in October 2009. Since then, the unemployment rate has come down steadily, and it stood at 5.8 percent in … November 2014. Based on existing analyses and some new evidence, this paper establishes that much of the change in unemployment …

We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under … the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the … balances in these accounts would then be available to them during periods of unemployment. The government would be able to …

We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under … the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the … balances in these accounts would then be available to them during periods of unemployment. The government would be able to …

We analyse women's weekly probabilities of leaving unemployment in the Czech and Slovak Republics (CR and SR) in order … to investigate three questions: 1) Why are unemployment rates much lower in the CR than the SR?; 2) Does the unemployment … compensation scheme (UCS) substantially lengthen unemploment spells?; and 3) Why are women's unemployment rates higher than men …

We analyze women's weekly probabilities of leaving unemployment in the Czech and Slovak Republics (CR and SR) in order … to investigate three questions: 1) Why are unemployment rates much lower in the CR than the SR? 2) Does the unemployment … compensation scheme (UCS) substantially lengthen unemployment spells? 3) Why are women's unemployment rates higher than men's? We …