interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market … performance. Our analysis has two special features. First, apart from the two labour market states - employment and unemployment … that a shock to the net flow from unemployment to employment drive the unemployment rate and the participation rate in …

This paper studies the relationship between the change in the unemployment rate and output growth using an approach … recessions. The framework also highlights the potential misspecification in conventional models of Okun's Law unless stringent …

increases job-finding in the private sector by 10 percentage points within one year of unemployment. Six years later, high …

On the basis of aggregate data for the early nineties, we analyse the determinants of unemployment duration for laid …

On the basis of aggregate data for the early nineties, we analyse the determinants of unemployment duration for laid …

In July 2004, the Belgian government intensified monitoring within the Unemployment Insurance scheme. Workers claiming … unemployment benefits for more than 13 months are notified that past job-search behavior will be monitored 8 months later. In one …