Most immigrant groups experience higher rates of unemployment than the host countries native population, but it is as … native born and immigrant groups, in terms of their impact on the duration of unemployment. Our main finding is that … unemployment cannot generally be explained by differences in the choice of main job search method or in observable characteristics …

This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …

survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …

of different job search methods, conditional unemployment benefits hikes can improve welfare when individuals are risk …

', local development policies are fairly ineffective in raising the local unemployment outflow, because labor markets overlap …

unemployment rates. To this end, we develop a matching model à la Pissarides (2000) in which homeowners are assumed to be less …

workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …

autocorrelation in regional hires, unemployment and vacancy levels, we examine the patterns of new matches in regions, identify … variation in unemployment rates, combined with little inter-regional migration. We find evidence in favor of labor market …