This paper examines the impact of the fourth partial revision of the law of unemployment insurance (AVIG) on … unemployment dynamics in Switzerland at a cantonal level. The authors apply the Synthetic Control Method (SCM), a matching method … unemployment rate at a cantonal level: the reform had a discernible impact on lowering the unemployment rate in the Italian- and …

specification reflects key characteristics of aggregate social behavior such as strong persistence and gradual adjustments to new …

The creation of jobs in the low-pay sector is considered to be an approach to reduce unemployment, especially with … evaluate the effects of an increasing low-wage sector on unemployment, the concept of the non-accelerating inflation rate of … unemployment (NAIRU) is used. In a first step, the unobservable, exogenous NAIRU is estimated for Germany in a state space setting …

cover pandemics have a change in trend and persistence in growth, and in level and persistence in unemployment. We find that … there is an upward trend in the persistence level of growth across centuries. In particular, shocks originated by pandemics … in recent times seem to have a permanent effect on growth. Moreover, our results show that the unemployment rate …

The creation of jobs in the low-pay sector is considered to be an approach to reduce unemployment, especially with … evaluate the effects of an increasing low-wage sector on unemployment, the concept of the non-accelerating inflation rate of … unemployment (NAIRU) is used. In a first step, the unobservable, exogenous NAIRU is estimated for Germany in a state space setting …

impact on labor productivity and they lead to a fall in the unemployment rate. Collective bargaining reforms do not seem to …