employment, informal employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. We compute the contribution of each transition rate to … fluctuations in unemployment and informality rates. We identify five stylized facts: (i) Nearly 40% of the fluctuations in the … unemployment rate involves unemployment ins and outs from/to informal jobs. (ii) More than 40% of the fluctuations in informality …

The article investigates the relationship between economic growth, foreign direct investment and unemployment in five … also indicate that FDI has a negative influence on unemployment and this implies that an increase of FDI can contribute to … reducing the unemployment rate in Central Asia. We also found that GDP and unemployment do not cause other variables, while FDI …

Youth unemployment in Uganda increased from 12.7% in 2012/13 to 13.3 in 2016/17, despite a decline in the overall … national unemployment rate from 11.1% to 9.2%. This poses serious development challenges, particularly to the ongoing efforts …, residence, and age determine youth unemployment in Uganda. Using recent data from the Uganda National Household Survey 2016 …

that it can be an effective policy for combating unemployment, particularly during recessions. …

unemployment episodes dataset, we find that individuals who finish their spell with a grant have a significantly lower probability … of returning to unemployment. The policy is particularly effective for individuals who would have otherwise had labor … ameliorating unemployment. However, the policy was not effective for longer unemployed individuals. At the firm level, we find …

Youth unemployment in Uganda increased from 12.7% in 2012/13 to 13.3 in 2016/17, despite a decline in the overall … national unemployment rate from 11.1% to 9.2%. This poses serious development challenges, particularly to the ongoing efforts …, residence, and age determine youth unemployment in Uganda. Using recent data from the Uganda National Household Survey 2016 …

unemployment due to labor market frictions. Bayesian estimates for the model quantify the effects of both business cycle shocks and … structural changes on the unemployment rate. Applying our model to the Australian economy, we find that the persistent rise in … on unemployment due to sectoral shifts. However, this Dutch Disease effect is estimated to be quantitatively small and …

In this paper we evaluate whether the accuracy of Finnish unemployment rate forecasts can be improved by utilising the … information in the flows into and out of unemployment. We compare and contrast different methodologies for constructing the flows …