This article argues in favor of drawing a distinction between the concepts of labour rationing and unemployment, the … unemployment, are put forward. Lucas’ widely accepted view that some job alternatives are always available will thereby be … challenged. In part three, the relationship between labour rationing and (involuntary) unemployment is examined in the context of …

the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity induces a … average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These …

The aim of this paper is to disentangle four main acceptations of the unvoluntary unemployment concept, to be found in … the literature. The will be dubbed respectively as unvoluntary unemployment à la Keynes, à la Modigliani, à la Azariadis …, that unvoluntary unemployment à la Keynes is unacceptable within the neo-Walrasian research program. Part four examines the …

unemployment insurance and lower levels of search intensity and output in the second setting. To decenralize these optima …-linear tax schedule and an appropriate level of unemployment benefits. According to the level of the bargaining power, taxation …