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How the cost of losing a job varies across different countries

Some labour markets are more efficient than others at finding work for the unemployed. Image: Unsplash/Avi Richards

Antoine Bertheau
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Copenhagen
Edoardo Maria Acabbi
Assistant Professor of Finance, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Cristina Barceló
Economist, Banco de España
Andreas Gulyas
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim
Stefano Lombardi
Senior Researcher, VATT Institute for Economic Research
Raffaele Saggio
Assistant Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia
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Northern European workers are more likely to experience a smaller earning loss than Southern European workers Image: VOXEU
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Some workers struggle to find more employment opportunities after employment loss Image: VOXEU
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Denmark tends to have higher spending on labour market policies than Sweden, Austria, France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal Image: VOXEU
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