facilitates an analysis of how wage setting and unemployment is affected by punishment policies, which is ignored in the previous …

both sectors, and (iii) reduces the unemployment rate. The effect of a higher audit rate is less clear. We find that a … ambiguous impact on unemployment and real wages. …

On the face of it, Austria’s labour market performs very well, which is reflected in one of the lowest unemployment … rates in the EU. However, while many of the euro area members have recently succeeded in reducing unemployment, the Austrian …. In addition the unemployment statistics are distorted by the relatively low labour force participation of older workers …

feature of the Finnish economy compared with that of Sweden and Denmark is the higher level of unemployment. In the early 1990 … adapt. The spectacular recovery of the Finnish economy has pushed up labour demand. While unemployment has fallen back from …

Arbeitslosigkeit liefern und dass die auf dieser Analyse aufbauenden wirtschaftspolitischen Empfehlungen und Maßnahmen daher …

(unemployment generosity, tax wedge, active labour market policies, employment protection legislation, product market regulation …

with subsequent unemployment. …