This paper investigates the incentives that may induce workers to supplement income from unemployment benefits by … schedule of benefit payments, we describe how informal sector participation changes over the duration of unemployment, in turn … analysis identifies scope for reallocation of resources towards less generous programmes within unemployment protection, which …

We examine the crime-unemployment relationship in 26 EU countries and the possibility of potential asymmetries … when active labour market policies are used to tackle unemployment. To avoid being misled about the effectiveness of crime … fighting policy where a strong link between unemployment and crime cannot be found, policymakers should recognise and further …