at explaining cross national variation in national passive labour market policies and unemployment benefit levels … recommendations from the European Council have contributed to unemployment benefit reform processes. -- Passive labour market policies …

With disparities in national unemployment rates reaching record levels, the debate on fiscal stabilisers in Europe has … gained new momentum. Can a European unemployment insurance scheme help to absorb asymmetric shocks and bring about the … desired level of macroeconomic stabilisation? What should such an unemployment benefit system look like? The contributions to …