The global crisis led to a smaller increase in the unemployment rate than in most other OECD countries as employment … permanent contracts while the higher unemployment mostly affected workers with weaker labour market attachment. A main challenge … international standards, hampering entry to the labour market for many low-skilled workers. Unemployment benefits are relatively …

include unemployment, the job-creation potential of fiscal expansion, the behavioural response of individuals whose households … include unemployment, the job-creation potential of fiscal expansion, the behavioural response of individuals whose households … include unemployment, the job-creation potential of fiscal expansion, the behavioural response of individuals whose households …

-market attachment. A detailed illustration for two countries (Estonia and Spain) shows that “short-hand” groupings that are often …

need for macroeconomic forecasters to account for sudden and deep recessions, periods of higher macroeconomic volatility …-volatility environment prevailing since the mid-1980s. It is an important result for the detection of future recessions since, according to …

Structural transformation towards a more knowledge-based economy will strengthen Spain’s medium-term growth prospects … innovation. Spain has done well in reducing the carbon emissions intensity of GDP growth but will need to do more to meet future …

Unemployment insurance is a key tool for risk sharing and redistribution and also a prominent automatic stabiliser. It … of vulnerability of the unemployment insurance schemes of OECD and BRIICS countries. Policies that boost both financial …

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 …

the unemployment insurance offices, and they should benefit from job search assistance and active labour market policies …