This paper studies the role of labor market institutions on unemployment and on the cyclical properties of job flows …. We construct an intertemporal general equilibrium model with search unemployment and endogenous job turnover, and examine … the consequences of introducing an unemployment benefit, a firing cost and a downward wage rigidity. The model is able to …

. Institutions and other structural factors are also found to be significant and important determinants of the rate of part … markets. Less robust evidence suggests the presence of unemployment traps for some potential part-time workers. Cross …

While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …

The paper presents a model that allows a unified analysis of sickness absence and search unemployment. Sickness appears … benefits affect individual decisions on absence and search and the implications for employment, unemployment and …

wage effects and the response of unemployment to changes in unemployment benefits. The model estimates that the costs of … important policy implications. Because changes to unemployment benefits affect sectors differently, these changes impact the …

The paper presents a model that allows a unified analysis of sickness absence and search unemployment. Sickness appears … affect individual decisions on absence and search and the implications for employment, unemployment and nonparticipation. The …

paper examines the effect of labor-market institutions on the fluctuations of age-specific unemployment rates based on panel …The way age-specific unemployment rates fluctuate over the business cycle differs significantly across countries. This …

We exploit a policy discontinuity at U.S. state borders to identify the effects of unemployment insurance policies on … unemployment. Our estimates imply that most of the persistent increase in unemployment during the Great Recession can be accounted … for by the unprecedented extensions of unemployment benefit eligibility. In contrast to the existing recent literature …

unemployment and decrease old age unemployment. However, once we take the wage response into account, we find that firing costs … increase both youth and old age unemployment. This happens because unions react strategically, and respond to higher firing … increase their employment prospects. However, despite this cut youth unemployment still increases with firing costs. In the …

We show that a stronger earnings relationship of unemployment compensation reduces wages and increases employment in an …-manufacturing wages and a 7.3% reduction in unemployment. …