Young people of working age tend to be particularly prone to labor market inefficiencies that keep their wages excessively high and...

The paper examines the relative effectiveness of two policy proposals in reducing unemployment and working poverty: hiring subsidies...

This paper explores the optimal design of subsidies for hiring unemployed workers (“employment vouchers” for short) in the context of...

The paper explores the employment implications of allowing people the opportunity of using a portion of their incapacity benefits to...

Many countries with generous social insurance are currently forced to cut back or modify their systems. At the same time many...

The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small...