, which is among the highest in the OECD. The paper argues that policies should continue to tackle the high inactivity of … early stage. For the long-term unemployed, policies should be further strengthened by adjusting the unemployment benefit and …

A rapid decrease in unemployment is a short-term priority to limit social problems and reduce the risk of rising … structural unemployment. To this end, strengthening labour market policies to sustain labour demand is key. The public works …

While employment growth has accelerated, allowing unemployment to fall significantly since 2005, many low …-skilled workers are still unemployed and the duration of unemployment spells is still long. The introduction of an in-work benefit for …. Measures to improve mobility of workers across regions, notably housing policy reform, would lower long unemployment durations …

major challenges for policy makers in Finland. The recession of the early 1990s showed that high unemployment can leave long …, greater flexibility in wage setting, ensuring earlier activation of unemployed and reforming unemployment and social benefits … to better support work incentives. Finland has an unusual combination of elevated unemployment replacement rates and late …

the need for unemployment insurance. It is also an opportunity to boost digitalisation and innovate with smart practices …

sector is perceived by those workers who cannot obtain a job in the formal sector as an alternative to inactivity. This …

education are unequally distributed. Adequate funding for education institutions is not assured everywhere while inefficiencies …

sector is perceived by those workers who cannot obtain a job in the formal sector as an alternative to inactivity. This …

After steady employment growth since the 1990s, Spain has experienced the sharpest increase in unemployment among OECD … permanent contracts has resulted in a rigid dual market with adverse effects on unemployment and productivity. The collective … explaining very high unemployment among young workers. Better access of young people to training is an effective tool to keep …