unemployment in developing countries. According to the regression results, a large government sector is likely to increase … unemployment. A large share of government consumption in total consumption and a large share of transfers and subsidies in GDP most … large share of public investment in total investment affect unemployment, neither for bad nor for good. The results are …

Purpose – This paper aims to analyze how financial system turmoil affected unemployment in industrial countries during …, during the sample period, financial market turmoil had only moderate adverse effects on unemployment. Stress in the banking … sector and stress in foreign exchange markets were particularly likely to increase unemployment, although the relevant …

This paper studies the effect of banking system concentration on unemployment in developing countries. Using data on 42 … developing countries, it finds that more concentration increased unemployment over the period 1987–2007. The magnitude of the … concentration and unemployment. …

that a rise in the real interest rate increases the unemployment rate and decreases the employment rate. The magnitude of …

fractionalization is correlated with a higher unemployment rate. This is probably mainly because fractionalization reduces labor market …

Using data on 53 countries, this paper studies the unemployment effects of the far-reaching banking liberalization that … liberalization substantially decreased unemployment, particularly among young people. The lowering of barriers to the entry of … strongest effects. There is some, albeit weak, evidence that the cutback in interest rate controls has decreased unemployment as …

favorably affect both unemployment and employment rates. The size of these effects appears to be substantial, particularly in …

real interest rate increases the unemployment rate, raises the share of long-term unemployed, and reduces the employment …