firms can explain the relatively high level of unemployment amongstlower educated workers and the relatively strong … level of education can notexplain the stronger cyclicality of the unemployment rate for lower educatedworkers. We conclude …

Recent evaluations of active labor market policies are not very optimistic about their effectiveness to bring … job. This paper uses an administrative dataset from the Slovak Republic on durations of individual unemployment spells …

overly long unemployment durations. We examine the infuence of previous wages on unemployment durations for workers after … observed productivity. -- unemployment ; job search ; overconfidence …

overly long unemployment durations. We examine the infuence of previous wages on unemployment durations for workers after …

This paper uses an administrative dataset to analyze to what extent active labor market policies in the Slovak Republic …-term subsidized jobs seem to be the most efficient active labor market policy. Workers that are or have been on a shortterm subsidized …

than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess time to graduation by paying special attention to labor … market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials and employment protection, and to the funding of tertiary …

The system of unemployment benefits and subsistence benefits in Slovakia has potentially largedisincentive effects with … respect to the outflow from unemployment to a job. Especially low educatedunemployed and unemployed with young children are ….We find no evidence of disincentive effects of the Slovak unemployment system. …

cases, in particular for steel workers, entering unemployment meant withdrawal from the labor force. Finally, we show that …This paper analyzes the impact of the Austrian Regional Extended Benefit Program (REBP) on the labor market outcomes … for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum …

cases, in particular for steel workers, entering unemployment meant withdrawal from the labor force. Finally, we show that …This paper analyzes the impact of the Austrian Regional Extended Benefit Program (REBP) on the labor market outcomes … for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum …