Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Overview; Background: Unemployment and Fragility …; Chapter 1 Introduction; Objectives of the Report; What Is Fragility?; Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa …-Saharan Africa, 1999-2009Tables; Table 1.2 Growth, Development, and Labor Indicators for Fragile and Nonfragile Countries Worldwide …

While a large body of evidence suggests that unemployment and self-reported happiness are negatively correlated, it is … not clear whether this reflects a causal effect of unemployment on happiness and whether subsidized employment can …

) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper discusses the mechanisms through which ALMPs affect (un)employment … open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in …. There should be a greater emphasis on holding down long-term unemployment in general and a smaller emphasis on youth …