causes of the unemployment upturn in 1973-1983 and the subsequent decline in 1993-2006. Our results show that (i) the main … determinants of the unemployment rise in the 1970s and early 1980s were wage-push factors, the two oil price shocks and the … increase in interest rates, and (ii) the acceleration in capital accumulation was the crucial driving force of unemployment in …

We consider a dynamic general equilibrium model with collective wage bargaining and investigate how unemployment … unemployment persistence by its adverse impact on growth, and may even destabilize the adjustment path. If this is the case, a … future fiscal consolidation is needed which further raises unemployment. These results are consistent with empirical evidence …