Empirical evidence from Lebanon... This research investigates the relationship between output and unemployment for Lebanon for the post-civil war period. Surprisingly, our results show that unemployment is not contemporaneously affected by changes in gross domestic product (i.e. no Okun’s Law), but only after a lag; however, in the long-run total unemployment and male unemployment are inversely related to changes in output. A puzzling result is the unresponsiveness of female unemployment to GDP both in the short run and in the long-run... Montero Kuscevic, C. M. (2020). Female unemployment in Lebanon: a time series analysis. Middle East Development Journal, 1-16.

... Evidence from five European countries...This study explores the relationship between both individual and aggregate unemployment and union dissolution risk in five European countries before the recent economic crisis. Using rich longitudinal data from Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, and Italy, the empirical analysis, based on discrete-time event history models, shows that male unemployment consistently increases the risk of union dissolution. While a strong association is observed between male unemployment and separation at the micro level, no association is found between male unemployment and union dissolution at the macro level. The results for female unemployment are mixed, and the size of the impact of female unemployment is smaller in magnitude than that of male unemployment. In Germany and Italy, where until very recently work is less compatible with family life than in other countries, female unemployment is not significantly associated with union dissolution. ... Solaz, A., Jalovaara, M., Kreyenfeld, M., Meggiolaro, S., Mortelmans, D., & Pasteels, I. (2020). Unemployment and separation: Evidence from five European countries. Journal of Family Research, 32(1), 145-176.