This article discusses the constitutional framework for reforming the cyclical component of the debt brake in Germany …

other industrial sectors, in agriculture, and in services, as well as unemployment and non-participation in the labor force …

Unemployment increased drastically over the course of the Great Recession from 4.5 percent prior to the recession to 10 … percent at its peak in October 2009. Since then, the unemployment rate has come down steadily, and it stood at 5.8 percent in … November 2014. Based on existing analyses and some new evidence, this paper establishes that much of the change in unemployment …

Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing … unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy reforms. The alternative view is that the slow recovery of the … economy is due to cyclic reasons coming from lack of demand which prevents unemployment from falling quickly. Knowing whether …

Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects …, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment …-effective and efficient means of reducing unemployment, during both periods of economic stability and recovery. …

The idea of a job guarantee (JG) to tackle unemployment has become popular again over recent years. Critics often point …