Spain has had a serious structural unemployment problem for the last 20 years. This paper argues that the interaction … of firing costs and job-to-job flows added to changes in unemployment benefits, could provide an explanation for … equilibrium unemployment increasing, since 1984. First, we construct a new series of job-to-job flows and show it is significantly …

methodology is applied to Polish micro data. The estimates confirm that wages are less elastic in a high-unemployment …

productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade … unemployment is higher in Algeria than in other countries. The results are robust to various panel econometric methods and …

potential equilibria, the unemployment rates of the different types of workers, the degree of wage inequality, and the response …

combination of posted reservation wages, depending on parameters. We also show how wages, profits, and unemployment depend on …

, we simulate the effects of this reform on unemployment, employment, and welfare. We estimate that the CNE will lead to …

restrictions affects the outcome of the matching process and the natural rate of unemployment in Tunisia. The paper concludes that … the removal of firing restrictions is likely to produce a favorable but limited impact on unemployment in Tunisia. …

differentiation and high regional unemployment differentials. The empirical literature has found that centralized wage bargaining … productivity and unemployment differentials. …