The global crisis has led to dramatic increases in unemployment rates over most of the countries of the OECD. This book … supply, and labour force participation. He argues that the growth of unemployment and long-term unemployment is mainly due to … a lack of aggregated demand and not due to high unemployment benefits. Economics of the Labour Market shows that …

We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and … as others, irrespective of gender and spousal employment. Third, single-parent essential workers experience relatively …

We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and …, irrespective of gender and spousal employment. Third, singleparent essential workers experience relatively large negative labour …

Comparing the unemployment insurance systems of the United States and of the United Kingdom it is shown that the US … unemployment insurance (UI) is the only system that provides for a negative feedback between UI expenditures and layoffs … ("experience rating"). The UK has no specific UI: Unemployment benefits are paid by the "National Insurance" which also covers …