"This paper examines the causes of the observed increase in the average duration of unemployment over the past thirty … gender composition, can explain this increase. We then consider the contribution of institutional changes, such as the change … in the generosity and coverage of unemployment insurance. We find that changes in the composition of the labor force and …

the short term, but can cause a higher equilibrium unemployment rate in the long term. Employment subsidies succeed in …We analyze the effects of various labor market policies on job creation, job destruction, and employment. The framework … of 2009, including the unemployment, inflow, and outflow rates by workers of different educational attainment. We …

cross-country calibration of search models of unemployment. We find that cross-country differences in job-finding rates are … unemployment and labor force participation rates to impute steady-state worker flows for twenty-three of the countries in our …

hiring and firing costs, search frictions with vacancy costs, unemployment benefits, firm entry costs, and a tax wedge …