In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on …-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real …

This paper provides a critique of the "unemployment invariance hypothesis," according to which the behavior of the … labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … equilibrating mechanisms to ensure unemployment invariance and that other markets may perform part of the equilibrating process as …

unemployment. Republic of Moldova is facing a real crisis of employment in the economic downturn installed recently. Involution … chronic unemployment. …

years, accompanied by a steep rise in unemployment, which would be around 11.5% in 2010 in the euro area. However, labour … soften the impact of much higher unemployment levels on Europe's potential rate of growth in the future. …

same which knows more the precarious employment, the underemployment and the recurrent unemployment. Moreover, one observes …

period of high unemployment, when it is reasonable to expect the beneficial effects of volunteering to be especially …