to provide a macroeconomic perspective on the microeconomic problem of why people don't find work. The first section … business cycle theory. The second section deals with imperfect information as an impediment to finding work: search theory …

The paper uses BHPS waves 1–5 (1991–5) to compare paid work participation rates of men and women. Year …-on-year persistence in paid work propensities is high, but greater for men than women. Non-work persistence is higher for women. Using …

Some existing welfare programs (“work-first”) require participants to work in exchange for benefits. Others (“job … can assist the agent’s job search and can mandate the agent to work, and (ii) agents’ skills depreciate during …-search assistance requires large reemployment subsidies. The optimal program features compulsory work activities for low levels of …

The European Union’s strategy to raise employment is confronted with very low work participation among many minority … identification on the probability to work controlling for a number of other determinants. While ethnically assimilated immigrant men …

. Empirical evidence studying economic behaviour like work participation, earnings and housing decisions demonstrates the …