The aim of this paper is to analyze unemployment and labor market developments in Algeria and assess the factors that … rigid labor market are the main factors behind the still high level of unemployment, particularly among the youth …. Simulation analyses, based on the results on the relation between labor market institutions and unemployment, show that …

impact on unemployment in the short term, but that this effect rapidly disappears in the medium term in countries with … with more rigid labor market institutions. These effects are even larger for youth unemployment in the short term and long …-term unemployment in the medium term. Conversely, large upfront, or gradual but significant, comprehensive labor market policies have a …