, this transformation took place within just a few years. Until the mid-2000s job opportunities were scarce and unemployment … was high. But since then labor demand has picked up and unemployment has dropped substantially. In contrast to the earlier …

This paper examines the recent evolution of unemployment and inactivity in Brazilian metropolitan areas. We analyze the …

Unemployment rates in the United States have been slow to fall over the last couple of years despite a modest growth in … unemployment? Bell and Blanchflower suggest that one factor is the extent to which workers already employed prefer to work more …

2007 that include a longitudinal component. It first shows that sustained economic growth will reduce youth unemployment … reduce youth unemployment. Third, the analysis of labor market characteristics reveals that young graduates experience long … unemployment as they cue for high-skill jobs. Moreover, the public sector remains the main provider of employment opportunities for …

The aim of this paper is to explain the Uruguayan unemployment dynamic using the theoretical framework of the Chain … Reaction Theory (CRT). Changes in unemployment are viewed as “chain reactions” of responses to external shocks, working their … whether the long term unemployment rate would converge to equilibrium level or is explained by the interplay between external …

% of the underemployed were in agriculture and services. By sector, underemployment in agriculture represented 27% of total … employment in agriculture. The corresponding shares for industry and services were 21% and 16%, respectively. In addition, 54% of …

sudden increase in labour force participation and unemployment during this period. However, since these individuals would … in unemployment signifies a more accurate reflection of disguised unemployment that already existed in the mid-1990s …

This article explores the long-run relationship between unemployment rate and labor force participation rate in Canada … leads us to doubt the pertinence of the unemployment invariance hypothesis for Canada. This is consistent with the empirical …