unemployment in five former communist economies and inthe western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the … evolution ofunemployment together with that of inflows into unemployment and vacancies...<br< …

In this paper, we use 1991-2005 panel data on the unemployed, vacancies, inflow into unemployment, and outflow from … unemployment in five former communist economies and in the western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the … evolution of unemployment together with that of inflows into unemployment and vacancies. The comparison of the transition …

In this paper we compare the nature and determinants of outflows from unemployment in the case of the Czech and Slovak … exceptionally low unemployment rate in the Czech Republic as compared to Slovakia and the other Central and East European economies … has been brought about principally by (1) a rapid increase in vacancies along with unemployment, resulting in a balanced …

In this paper we consider a risk averse worker who is moving back and forth between employment and unemployment … wealth decreases, a finding which is in accordance with our empirical duration analysis using micro data on unemployment … spells and run down during unemployment spells but the consumption path is never going to be completely smooth over states …

Unemployment compensation in the United States is provided through a federal-state system of unemployment insurance (UI …

and unemployment showed little sensitivity. Workers have paid the price for this rather stable employment situation in the …

This paper uses longitudinal survey data to assess factors affecting the duration of unemployment in Russia. We examine … remarkably similar across the different unemployment definitions and model specifications. Therefore, despite the formidable …