In this paper we examine whether past labour market reforms aiming at reducing the rate of unemployment have raised its … Monte-Carlo techniques, we do not find any evidence of such policy trade-off. In contrast, we find that reduced unemployment … associated with a weaker persistence of unemployment over time, which implies a lower volatility of unemployment in the long run …

to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …

productivity gaps, except in the United States where it essentially resulted from a large increase in the unemployment gap. As … States, the large unemployment gap could also keep wage inflation under pressure despite a flattening Phillips curve. These …

The paper examines the possible design and macroeconomic stabilisation properties of a euro area unemployment benefits …