after the reform: transitions from welfare to employment became more likely and persistence in welfare and inactivity … declined. We observe a large relative increase in transitions from employment to welfare. Immigrants' responsiveness to the …

market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …

and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what extent fathers' unemployment is causal for offsprings' employment …This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German … intergenerational unemployment transmission. This outcome is robust to alternative data structures and to tests at the intensive and …

can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining … that an overall increase in risk aversion contributes to wage moderation and promotes employment. …

We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit …

age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant …

aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports counter-cyclical teenage fertility. …