-area currencies. First, using dynamic panel techniques, we estimate an error correction model for the dollar real exchange rate versus …

application of law may not be even-handed. Based on a simple theoretical model and a new panel data set, we identify a nomination … unemployment, even after controlling for the endogeneity of court activity. The results have potentially important policy …

. Empirical analyses of cross-section and panel samples of job-seekers from the Italian quarterly Labour Force Survey clarify the …

The Finnish unemployment rose in the early 1990’s from three to eighteen percent in four years. Unemployment has then … this unforeseen increase in unemployment. We then discuss the role of labour market institutions in the adjustment process … that has brought unemployment back to ‘normal’ levels. We argue that these institutions cannot be blamed for the increase …

rates are consistent with weakly increasing returns in matching. The resulting equilibrium is not efficient. Unemployment …

Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent …. Unemployment increases the relative attractiveness of large and less violent gangs engaging more in property crime. …

Many countries suffer from persistently high unemployment rates. The scope for labour market reforms is often limited …

By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the … early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several … the rise and fall of unemployment. It is argued that the steep rise in unemployment was mainly the result of a series of …