economy. While about half of all studies for the United States find a significant effect of unemployment and inflation on … choice of the sample period is of crucial importance. While in the very long run we find unemployment, inflation and the …. -- presidential popularity ; approval ; unemployment ; inflation …

chapter links differences in unemployment risk between countries to differences in product market regulation. I think of … unemployment risk arising from search frictions in the labor market. For workers and vacant jobs it takes time matching in the … find a new job. This effect turns out to be particular strong in countries with high unemployment benefits and labor …