neutral set of policies and institutions, Sweden's employment distribution is sharply tilted away from lower wage industries …

national pension system, wage-setting institutions and the size of the public sector. We characterize these aspects of the … set of policies and institutions, Sweden's employment distribution in the mid-1980s is sharply tilted away from low …

In the 1970s, European unemployment started increasing. It increased further in the 1980s, to reach a plateau in the … 1990s. It is still high today, although the average unemployment rate hides a high degree of heterogeneity across countries …. The focus of researchers and policy makers was initially on the role of shocks. As unemployment remained high, the focus …

strong distribution and dynamic effects. The transition may imply the decline of incumbent firms. Unemployment may increase …

-displacement earnings if displaced in mass-layoff events that occur when the national unemployment rate is below 6 percent. They lose a … staggering 2.8 years of pre-displacement earnings if displaced when the unemployment rate exceeds 8 percent. These results … opportunities respond to contemporaneous economic conditions. Finally, we confront leading models of unemployment fluctuations with …

relations have experienced higher unemployment. This conclusion remains even after controlling for labor institutions. …In countries where wages are primarily set by collective bargaining, the effects on unemployment of changes in the … relations. In this paper, we examine the role this quality of labor relations has played in the evolution of unemployment across …