with different equilibria descriptive of the labor markets in Spain and France, where the unemployment rates went from the … unemployment rate in Spain has jumped to much higher levels while switching between equilibria or, what is the same, because of …

France has the second largest population of countries in the EU. Since 2000, the French labor market has undergone …

the fragility of low-seniority jobs implies that layoff costs reduce the average job duration and increase unemployment …

France has the second largest population in the EU. Since 2000, the French labor market has undergone substantial …

examines the impact of education on both risk components. France faces a higher unemployment rate than West-Germany, due to a …This paper analyses the link between educational attainment and unemployment risk in a French-German comparison, based … on a discrete time competing risks hazard rate model applied to comparable microdata sets. The unemployment risk is …

This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the …-born workers' assessment of the number of immigrants in the local market. By doing so, the association between unemployment of … immigrants and unemployment among native-born workers. …

This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the …-born workers' assessment of the number of immigrants in the local market. By doing so, the association between unemployment of … immigrants and unemployment among native-born workers. …

mandatory reduction of weekly working hours in France. Just after François Mitterrand's election in May 1981, the government … creation. These results should help us understand the possible effects of the upcoming mandatory reduction of hours in France … envisaged in other European countries, which hope that hours reductions will be an efficient policy for reducing unemployment. …