This paper presents results from a 1971 natural experiment carried out by the Canadian government on the unemployment … unemployment, their lifetime use of the system increases. This supply side hysteresis effect may explain why unemployment has … steadily increased over the 1972-1992 period, even though the generosity of unemployment insurance did not …

increasing unemployment. A key question is which policies have this effect. Using a 3-year panel of 90 countries, the study finds … that the unemployment rate is affected by the existence, duration, and replacement rate of unemployment insurance. Hiring … unemployment. These results are broadly in line with the extensive literature on countries of the Organisation for Economic Co …

Many countries suffer from persistently high unemployment rates. The scope for labour market reforms is often limited …