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 …

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