This paper introduces and examines a definition of an equilibrium rate of unemployment that can be used as mismatch …

In this paper the effects of institutional variables on unemployment are reinvestigated for nine OECD countries. The … unemployment may differ across countries, not only in absolute terms but also in terms of sign. The main results are the following …. Fourthly, based on a cross country comparison some evidence is found that some of the considered labour market institutions …

present paper investigates whether and to what extent labor market institutions can mitigate those costs. We study how life … satisfaction of European citizens is affected by employment protection and the level and duration of unemployment benefit payments … through the institutions' effect on macroeconomic outcomes). We find that the total effect of employment protection is …

and the regional unemployment rate when children are 10 years old are significantly related to the education that these …

West-Germany, unemployment, professional qualification, labor market. <keywords> …

The author analyses the relationship between labour market institutions and unemployment for 20 industrial countries …. He examines, whether there is a non-linear relationship between institutions and unemployment. The author estimates … between labour market institutions and unemployment. However, the institutions have played only a minor role for the level and …

higher replacement rate, like in the Nordic countries, seems to be a "crime reducing" combination. -- Unemployment ; labour …

The social costs of unemployment, in terms of unemployment's impact on European citizens' life satisfaction, relate … strongly to unemployment duration. At any level of general joblessness, reducing long-term unemployment is more important than … reducing the number of people unemployed at any point in time. -- unemployment ; unemployment duration ; life satisfaction …