unemployment and a positively-sloped Beveridge curve. This paper presents a calibrated model which succeeds at generating … countercyclical unemployment and a negatively-sloped Beveridge curve despite the presence of a participation margin. …

I examine the dynamic evolutions of unemployment, hours of work and the service share since the war in the United … that the very low unemployment in Europe in the 1960s was due to the high productivity growth associated with technological …

growth affect the unemployment probability of individuals with varied skills in the United States. The paper goes beyond … between macroeconomic shocks and unemployment. Workers specialized in communication skills exhibit lower unemployment rates …, reduced unemployment volatility, and less sensitivity to macroeconomic fluctuations. …

attributable to the industry (incl. construction). Registered unemployment declined considerably. Labor supply decreased like in … economic growth. The unemployment rate will amount to 11.0% in 2011 and to 10.9% in 2012. …

We distinguish and assess three fundamental views of the labor market regarding the movements in unemployment: (i) the … that all the short-run ‡uctuations automatically turn into long-run changes in the unemployment rate. We assert the …

Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …

This paper offers a first comprehensive study of the relationship between labor market institutions and policies and … documents the evolution of labor market institutions and policies in the transition region. The data show a clear trend towards … test several predictions concerning the role of institutions and polices in explaining labor market outcomes. The results …