Employment and unemployment.

Summary The problems of employment and unemployment have returned to the forefront since the crisis that began in 2008 (the "Great Recession"), including in countries where the apparent unemployment rate has returned to a relatively low level. The objective of this paper is to provide a theoretical and empirical review based on three cross-cutting themes: the question of measuring labor market performance and indicators, to emphasize the need for an approach that goes beyond the unemployment rate alone; the need to confront economic theories with the test of a particularly important crisis, the consequences of which are still sensitive; the importance of forward-looking thinking on employment in a context of intense technological change.