Labor market performance has differed considerably between OECD countries over the last two decades. The focus of the … literature so far has been to ask whether these differences can be explained by varying degrees of labor market rigidities and … investments have explanatory power with respect to labor market performance across countries and over time. In particular, the …

Deutschland ist in den Bemühungen, die hohe Arbeitslosigkeit deutlich zu verringern, in den letzten Jahren nicht sehr … erfolgreich gewesen. Um das weitgehende Scheitern der bisherigen Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungspolitik zu beschönigen, wird … häufig behauptet, Arbeit sei grundsätzlich knapp und drohe zudem künftig immer knapper zu werden. Um die Zahl der …

In Western Europe in the last two decades the unemployment rate has increased during cyclical downturns only to persist … pattern of unemployment persistence, often termed hysteresis, is the United States. The following article examines the …

Labor market performance has differed considerably between OECD countries over the last two decades. The focus of the … literature so far has been to ask whether these differences can be explained by varying degrees of labor market rigidities and … investments have explanatory power with respect to labor market performance across countries and over time. In particular, the …