reduces the chances of employment and unemployment and increases the likelihood downtime. Per capita income is positively … related with the likelihood of downtime and employee and negatively with unemployment. The variable experience and schooling … likelihood of unemployment. Regarding the likelihood of unemployment, there is evidence of the existence of racial discrimination …

four and a half months to find a job. Combining these results, it is demonstrated that reducing the average unemployment … of various labor market and crime policies such as unemployment insurance, hiring subsidies and the duration of jail … sentences. For example, wage subsidies reduce unemployment, the crime rates of employed and unemployed workers, and improve …

distribution, wages, and unemployment. This comparison is important not only because it compares developing vs. developed country …

Why do dynamic inconsistencies in monetary policy exist? In this paper we present a traditional model with output …

Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain and rising continental European unemployment have led to a popular view …

Difference in regional unemployment in post-communist economies are large and persistent. We show that inherited … variation in human-capital endowment across the regions of four such economies explains the bulk of regional unemployment … pattern, which helps explain the lack of convergence in regional unemployment rates, is consistent with the presence of …

shocks were large and widespread, and were particularly hard on older workers and women. Unemployment reached double digits …

the 1990-2004 period affect unemployment as well as the employment and average wages of workers in different sectors of … minimum wage may increase unemployment (although the estimates arenot robust). There are no discernable effects of minimum …

advertise each opening. The model allows for non-linear production technology and both idiosyncratic and aggregate risk. In a … employer size and employment growth across establishments; b) the cyclicality of flows between employment and unemployment; c …) the negative comovement of unemployment and vacancies; andd) the dynamics of the employer size distribution.Chapter 3 …