system of unemployment compensation, with shorttime compensation as an alternative to unemployment compensation. This means …) already have short-time compensation as an option under their unemployment insurance system. In these states a governmental …

This paper shows empirically that the non-employment effects of unemployment insurance (UI) for older workers depend in … difficult-to-explain trends in the unemployment rate of older German workers …

Following the most recent recession, an attempt has been made to explain current levels of unemployment as resulting … from structural unemployment, or a mismatch between the skills of the unemployed and the types of jobs available. The … other will lead to very different policy solutions, it is important to accurately assess the cause of unemployment. This …

The unemployment rate is expected to average 10.2 percent for 2010, 9.1 percent for 2011, and 7.3 percent for 2012 …

interest in additional stimulus in order to boost the economy and lower the unemployment rate. This paper briefly outlines a … than they had expected at the time the last stimulus package was approved in February. As a result, there is likely to be …, or a shorter workweek. This tax credit can both provide short-term stimulus and also provide an incentive to restructure …

properties of employment and unemployment equilibrium. Second, it applies the model to the study of employment fluctuations and … to the explanation of differences in unemployment rates in industrialized countries. The search and matching model is … unemployment and of jobs out of the market (the ‘job destruction’ flow). Steady-state equilibrium is at the point where the two …

This paper develops a sufficient-statistic formula for the unemployment gap-the difference between the actual … unemployment rate and the efficient unemployment rate. While lowering unemployment puts more people into work, it forces firms to … post more vacancies and to devote more resources to recruiting. This unemployment-vacancy tradeoff, governed by the …