that rising rates of unequal transfer are causing rising rates of unemployment. Our approximate, admittedly crude measure … in unemployment over the last 2 decades since 1980, observable from the ILO Laborsta data set. A non-linear function … explains 16 % of the rise in unemployment (time series correlations, ILO Laborsta data series). So, while the Muslim world can …

Are certain groups of unemployed individuals hurt less by unemployment than others? This paper is an attempt to test … the hypothesis that non- pecuniary costs of unemployment may vary between societies with different unemployment rates … related to unemployment for South African adults as to be expected in richer countries. Reported well-being levels are shown …

equities, we examine equilibrium unemployment. While a mechanism of an efficiency wage brings about nominal wage rigidity …, unemployment occurring in our model definitely has Keynesian features. For instance, a reduction in wages rather enhances … unemployment through a decrease in consumption. In addition, our paper shows a possibility of Pareto improvement through an …