, including labor market segmentation. This particularly concerns reforms in: (1) employment protection, i.e. dismissal protection … and restrictions on fixed‐term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in hirings on …

, including labor market segmentation. This particularly concerns reforms in: (1) employment protection, i.e. dismissal protection … and restrictions on fixed-term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … provision of unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in …

tiers of social protection, in particular upstream systems such as unemployment insurance, job retention and employment …

unemployment insurance, job retention and employment protection, as they play an additional and potentially prominent role in …

and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment … protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum income support, working time flexibility and wage setting played a … crucial role in determining to what extent the economic crisis led to higher unemployment, wage cuts or income losses and …

countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows that labor market institutions frequently used to study employment … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …

Monetary Union (EMU) has to be compensated by an increase in fiscal policy. A joint unemployment insurance is seen as one … opportunity. After comparing a basic design with a "kicking-in" style unemployment insurance, we recommend the latter as it …

economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in … shows that, at least for the time being, unemployment increases have been contained in countries with comparatively strong … further dualization of labour markets given that risks are allocated unequally across types of employment …

Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. Based on the existing … promote youth employment in Europe. In conclusion, one should not be overly optimistic by expecting any short-term remedies …