"Using German data this study applies an unobserved-components approach to disentangle the unemployment rate into a … trend component of unemployment, which triggers permanent reactions of the workers, is likely connected to a structural … effect. By splitting up the participation effect of changes in the unemployment rate our analysis differs profoundly from …

explained? The paper claims that changes in labour market institutions such as unemployment benefits, active labour market … institutions, the pattern found in Germany shows sequences of de- and re-regulatory reforms of employment protection and increasing … or decreasing unemployment benefit generosity, both mostly addressing the margins of the labour market, i.e. 'outsiders …

countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows that labor market institutions frequently used to study employment … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …

"Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies …: first, we provide an overview of the aggregate indicators of core labor market institutions such as employment protection …

In all Mediterranean countries youth unemployment has reached alarming record levels. This paper analyses the current … the situation of young people, but youth unemployment is mostly structural. To overcome this crisis the overall …