The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic and technological adjustment increased the risk of unemployment …, underemployment and skills mismatch across Europe. These increased risks highlighted the importance of national unemployment benefit … schemes for income security. This article examines the role of industrial relations in shaping unemployment benefit regimes in …

between monetary policy, employment, and unemployment. According to the obtained estimates monetary policy shocks invoked … lagged, hump‑shaped reactions of output, employment and unemployment in each of the analysed countries. …

unemployment benefits reduce unemployment? Using a recent labour market reform in Germany as background, we find that an enhanced … effectiveness of the PEA explains about 20% of the observed post-reform unemployment decline. The role of unemployment benefit … the PEA could have had an even higher impact on unemployment reduction if there had been less focus on long …