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 …

This paper follows up recent work on the relationship between (un-)employment and wage effects of social security …

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

Germany, as most other European countries, has been plagued by a persistently high level of long-term unemployment … since the early 1980's. In contrast, long-term unemployment is much less of a problem in the United States. One potential … reason for the different structure of unemployment relates to institutional differences in unemployment compensation systems …