increases in youth unemployment and youth participation in active labor market programs. The impact on unemployment rates by age … and education has been roughly proportional, however. The evolution of employment and unemployment does not offer much … ground for the popular hypothesis that the recent rise in unemployment is driven by large and pervasive shifts in the demand …

such as unemployment. Previous studies indicate that monetary policy affects the output gap only at business cycle … frequencies, but the effects on unemployment may well be more persistent in countries with highly regulated labor markets. We … study the Swedish experience of unemployment and monetary policy. Using a structural VAR we find that around 30 percent of …

such as unemployment. Previous studies indicate that monetary policy affects the output gap only at business cycle … frequencies, but the effects on unemployment may well be more persistent in countries with highly regulated labor markets. We … study the Swedish experience of unemployment and monetary policy. Using a structural VAR we find that around 30 percent of …

such as unemployment. Previous studies indicate that monetary policy affects the output gap only at business cycle … frequencies, but the effects on unemployment may well be more persistent in countries with highly regulated labor markets. We … study the Swedish experience of unemployment and monetary policy. Using a structural VAR we find that around 30 percent of …

econometric testing. The evolution of the economic analysis of unemployment insurance provides a good illustration. New … the economic analysis of unemployment insurance as it has evolved since the 1970s. …

In 2001 and 2002, Sweden introduced several unemployment insurance reforms. A major innovation in the first reform was … compensation during the first 20 weeks of unemployment. The 2002 reform retained the two-tiered benefit structure but involved also … unemployment to employment. We take advantage of the fact that the reforms had quasi-experimental features where the treatmentsʺ …