A serious blemish of the present economic era is the high rates of unemployment which currently afflict developed … countries. Unemployment has reached high levels in several European countries as the following figures suggest. It is nearly 10 ….1% in Sweden, 8.2% in the UK, and 8.2% in USA. The average OECD unemployment increased from 6.8% in 2005, and 6.2% in 2006 …

The paper analyzes the problems of low growth, unemployment, especially youth unemployment, and high public debt …

Previous research on unemployment and life satisfaction has focused on the effects of unemployment on individuals but … from 2,973 couples selected from a German representative panel study to examine the effects of unemployment on life … satisfaction in couples over several years. We found that unemployment decreases life satisfaction in both members of the couple …

triggers a decrease in foreign GDP and an increase in foreign unemployment. On the contrary, an increase in transfers to … households or a decrease in VAT leads to an increase in foreign GDP and a decrease in foreign unemployment. Moreover, we …

triggers a decrease in foreign GDP and an increase in foreign unemployment. On the contrary, an increase in transfers to … households or a decrease in VAT leads to an increase in foreign GDP and a decrease in foreign unemployment. Moreover, we …

Offshoring reallocates jobs inside firms, between firms, and across sectors, affecting the economy-wide unemployment … as on the economy-wide unemployment rate, are the elasticity of substitution between inputs, the elasticity of … in search frictions affect unemployment both directly and through their interaction with offshoring. …

our fiscal model to include unemployment in a way proposed by Galí, López-Salido, and Vallés (2007). Crucial fiscal …

This paper attempts to assess the impact of skill loss on the persistence of cyclical unemployment. The observations … from the Current Population Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest a countercyclical total unemployment rate … and firms to reduce their creation of vacancies. As unemployment increases, workers lose their accumulated skills. The …