In this paper we look at the effects of immigration and trade with Eastern Europe on unemployment in Austria. Using … immigration effect on unemployment duration. Within almost all subgroups there is a significant increase in the length of … unemployment spells as a result of increased immigration. Increased trade with Central and East European Countries (CEECs) seems to …

We analyse the impact of increased immigration on labour market outcomes of natives in Germany using a dataset of … county-level variables for the late 1980s. We study two measures of immigration, the change in the share of foreigners … unemployment. Taking account of the mean reversion in unemployment we find no detrimental effect of immigration. Similar results …

This paper uses the immigration sample of the German Socioeconomic Panel to analyse the earnings and unemployment … earnings differential between immigrants from Eastern Europe and comparable East Germans at the time of immigration. With …

. Young workers are the most affected by the Great Recession both in terms of unemployment rates as well as employment rates …. For prime age workers employment rates were also affected but for older workers the Great Recession did not have a large …

The paper explores the influence of job security provisions on employment and unemployment. We show that this influence …’ bargaining power in wage negotiations. Specifically, costs of firing and hiring reduce employment and stimulate unemployment when …

employment, using explanatory variables such as tax and social security benefit rates. Other variables represent the … estimates do not suggest that employment is significantly explained by the tax-benefit system. Nevertheless, we simulate the …