natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for …

This paper develops a matching model of the labour market under wage rigidity when hiring decisions are irreversible … may have increased unemployment, and shows that this is likely to occur if technological change is associated with an …

informative data originating from administrative records. Using a matching estimator for multiple programmes, we find positive …

This paper investigates the border between formal employment, shadow employment, and unemployment in an equilibrium … employment is correlated with unemployment, and it is tolerated because the repression of shadow activity increases unemployment … the model. The paper suggests also that policies aimed at reducing the shadow economy are likely to increase unemployment. …

This paper offers an alternative theory for the increase in unemployment and wage inequality experienced in the United … change increases skilled wages, reduces unskilled wages and increases the unemployment rate of both skilled and unskilled …

others suffer long periods of costly adjustment, typically high and persistent unemployment and temporary output losses. We … unemployment duration spells, relatively large wage penalties when changing jobs and higher likelihood of leaving activity for … and persistent unemployment compared to Estonia during the period of EU enlargement. Traditional labour market …

This Paper considers a matching model of heterogeneous workers and jobs, which includes on-the-job search. High … for the unemployment rates of high and low-educated workers, for the share of mismatched workers and wage inequality both …

of EPL varying among workers of different skills on the level and composition of unemployment, job flows, productivity …

A new methodology is described which tests between various equilibrium theories of unemployment using matching data … identify a matching process using data which is recorded monthly, and also shows how to identify different unemployment … interpretation of the matching data has important implications for government policy on long term unemployment and optimal UI. It …