Using an analog of the boundary element method in engineering and science, we analyze and model unemployment rate in … force. Originally, the model linking unemployment to inflation and labor force was developed and successfully tested for …. Nevertheless, the model explains between ~65% and ~95% of the variability in unemployment and inflation. For Italy, the rate of …

We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment … reduce equilibrium unemployment of low-skilled workers both in the presence and absence of labor taxation. In the presence of … outsourcing, wage tax, tax exemption and payroll tax have an ambiguous effect on equilibrium unemployment. Increasing the degree …

The unemployment rise in EU countries has been particularly strong for low-skilled workers. This observation has often … types of workers and with search unemployment. The model is calibrated and simulated to examine the interactions between the … observed unemployment changes …

In contrast to much recent work regarding the causes of European unemployment, in this paper, we emphasise the … accumulation and unemployment, we argue that what matters for the evolution of employment [and the unemployment rate] is not the …

support measures, in the short term, the Romanian labour market is facing the unemployment rate increase, at least in 2020, as …

depreciation upon job loss—and its interaction with labor market institutions. We have three main results, based on a life … between turbulence and institutions explains most of the reduction in labor force participation among older workers in Europe … over this period, but ultimately explains little of the rise in unemployment. Third, only a small share of the increase in …

, unemployment and nonparticipation for each country. We develop a decomposition measuring the contribution of these transition … institutions. Our analysis emphasizes age-dependent vs. age-independent labor market policies, and policies related to family … picture of the employment effects of labor market institutions …

This paper introduces the age structure of the population into the analysis of medium term unemployment swings. We … incorporate age-related features into the Shapiro-Stiglitz shirking model and find that the observed age pattern of unemployment … particular the ageing of the baby-boom generation - has caused OECD wide unemployment to be 50 basis points lower than what it …