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 …

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< …

unemployment during the period 1990 to 2006 in the 28 countries that constitute the CEE-FSU group and outlines how unemployment … protection programs developed in response. We also suggest some tentative explanations for the observed trends in unemployment … and unemployment compensation. Our approach is novel in that we compare the performance of the CEE-FSU group to the …

unemployment at business cycle frequencies by using administrative data on registered unemployment and labor force surveys. We … first investigate the fluctuations in steady state unemployment, and then in current unemployment in order to take into … account the unemployment deviations from equilibrium. Our results show the dominant role of the job finding rate in accounting …

models have deeply renewed the understanding of job search, job flows, job creations and destructions, unemployment and wage … optimal level of unemployment benefits, the funding of unemployment insurance and the impact of employment protection …

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 …