Purpose – This paper aims to provide an account of the unemployment performance of two Nordic countries during their … conduct dynamic simulation exercises and explore the determinants of unemployment. Findings – The analysis yields two main … findings. First, the capital stock was the most important determinant of the unemployment trajectory in both countries. This …

somewhat between low and high unemployment countries. The approach taken in Sweden in the 1960s to 1980s is used to discuss low … unemployment countries, and OECD analysis in the 1990s to represent theory for the high unemployment countries. Targeting the long …‐term unemployed is specifically a policy for high unemployment countries, and depends particularly on effects on wage pressure. The …

(NOMIS) to conduct a detailed statistical analysis of the spatial differentials in exits from and entry to unemployment … Scotland have become worse off in terms of the risk of unemployment and despite active labour market intervention. Research … policies in Scotland do not work in terms of reducing the risk of unemployment. Policy needs to focus on creating demand for …

self‐employment from paid employment, unemployment and inactivity. The question is if individuals who enter self …

focus is on the individuals affected by the closure of the Uddevalla Shipyard in western Sweden in 1985 and the cutbacks at … the LKAB mines in northern Sweden in 1983. Design/methodology/approach – These workers not only experienced job loss, but … were also target groups for extraordinary labour market policies. Using register data from Statistics Sweden (labour market …

Compares the way women are taxed in the Germany, Sweden and The Netherlands by looking at both macro and micro data … favours one‐earner couples. Completely separate taxation (as in Sweden) is a major incentive for couples to be dual‐earner. In … without introducing the positive effects seen in Sweden. Tax incentives are not the only determinant of women′s participation …