Funder: EU
Staff: Simon Burgess and Helene Turon
This project aims to improve our understanding of unemployment and policies that would act to reduce it. We will study the main factors influencing unemployment at both an aggregate level and at an individual level. We will produce answers to a variety of key research questions surrounding the issue of unemployment in Europe, including the nature of aggregate unemployment dynamics and individual unemployment transitions, the role of labour market institutions, and the lessons from international comparisons. We will focus on the roles of 'flexible' employment forms, labour market frictions, labour market regulation, welfare provision, taxation, active labour market policies, macroeconomic policy, and innovation and the role of new technologies. A Dynamic Approach to Europe's Unemployment Problem (DAEUP) has been funded by the European Union. The project involves a collaboration across the EU working with partners in the Tinbergen Institute, CEPR, Humboldt University, Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti, GRESCTA (Groupe de Rechercheen Economie et Statistique) - CNRS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, IDEI (Université des Sciences Sociales, Toulouse).
