finances, but high overall unemployment and a large share of the long-term unemployed are serious concerns. …

labor market problems more evident. Youth and long-term unemployment escalated during the crisis and, despite the ongoing …

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …

Experiences during the Great Recession support the view that the UK labor market is relatively flexible. Unemployment …

and 2013, the unemployment rate increased dramatically, from 5% to 15.5%, and the labor force participation rate declined … economy, helping to moderate impacts on unemployment via a reduction in overall labor supply. As the crisis deepened, long …-term unemployment escalated. However, since 2013, there is clear evidence of a recovery in the labor market with unemployment, both …

and stable. The unemployment rate has remained relatively low, and average real earnings have steadily increased. The … attention, including high earnings inequality, an aging labor force, increasing part-time jobs, and rising youth unemployment …

in its labor market. Institutions that typically characterize rigid labor markets are effectively balanced by flexibility … instruments. Important developments since 2000 include steadily decreasing unemployment rates (since 2005), increasing …

The adverse effects of unemployment are a cause for concern for all demographic groups but they will be most acute for … those experiencing the highest unemployment rates. In particular, high levels of unemployment are observed for a range of … therefore important to determine the factors that are most likely to cause high rates of unemployment, especially from a …