Unemployment in Germany remains a major policy issue. The unemployment problem began with ratchet effects following the … two crude oil‐price shocks in the 1970s. In each case, a persistent increase in (long‐term) unemployment became … approaches to reducing unemployment and increasing job creation. The author suggests “strategic employment policy” as a possible …

bound to conclude that ALMP makes a big difference to the level of unemployment. There is some evidence that disadvantaged …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the concept of unemployment defined by the International Labour … many jobless adults into the discouraged worker category thereby giving a misleading picture about the unemployment … takes the face of unemployment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a scatter plot and simple correlation analysis …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of unemployment on coronary heart diseases (CHD) in Italy on a … between CHD and different unemployment experiences (ever unemployed; short, mid and long cumulative unemployment), exploiting …' characteristics during a 12-year pre-treatment period; the measurement of unemployment occurrence during a seven-year treatment period …