This article investigates the impact of unemployment on the likelihood of having a first child. Using micro-data from … Germany, and the UK (1994–2001). The results highlight weak negative effects of unemployment on family formation among men …, which can be attributed to the inability to financially support a family. Among women, unemployment exerts a positive effect …

increasing targeted training. Reforms in wage setting, labour taxation, unemployment benefits and activation policies will foster … job creation, thus enhancing output growth while avoiding high unemployment becoming entrenched and threatening social …

students. Unemployment is high and the school-to-job transition process does not work well. Spending on education and active … because of the high level of long-term unemployment, more emphasis should be placed on activation policies, particularly on …

contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed. An estimate of the sensitivity of age …-specific unemployment rates to the economic cycle is provided for OECD countries. France is one of the OECD countries having the highest …’s total unemployment rate differential with best-performing countries. Youth unemployment rate is especially sensitive to …

struggling to emerge from the crisis. Reflecting the weakness of this traditional sector, which is labour intensive, unemployment … construction sector.<p> To tackle high and persistent unemployment and thus stave off social exclusion, Ireland needs to further …

spanning the period 1996 to 2004. The effects of changes in the minimum wage on unemployment, formal-sector employment and the …