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 …

such as unemployment. Previous studies indicate that monetary policy affects the output gap only at business cycle … frequencies, but the effects on unemployment may well be more persistent in countries with highly regulated labor markets. We … study the Swedish experience of unemployment and monetary policy. Using a structural VAR we find that around 30 percent of …

such as unemployment. Previous studies indicate that monetary policy affects the output gap only at business cycle … frequencies, but the effects on unemployment may well be more persistent in countries with highly regulated labor markets. We … study the Swedish experience of unemployment and monetary policy. Using a structural VAR we find that around 30 percent of …

receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance …

probability of leaving unemployment? The experiment indicates that a relatively large fraction (one third) of the referrals do not …, especially among young people. However, we find no significant impact on the duration of unemployment …