This paper analyzes the relationship between time allocation decisions of the unemployed, gender, and regional … unemployment rates. Using the Spanish Time Use Survey 2002-2003 and 2009-2010, we find that higher regional unemployment rates are … channel through which others' unemployment affects time allocation decisions of the unemployed. As higher regional …

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … employment in non-leadership, non-high-level managerial positions, unemployment, and non-labour market participation. Our results …

in unemployment rates of these groups. Second, we present estimates of gender-specific multinomial logit models to … transition probabilities between the labor market states of employment, unemployment and out-of-the labor force under Markovian … assumptions by gender and rural-urban residence and marital status. Transition probabilities are used to analyze the differences …

Based on administrative registers from Norway, we examine how unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market … programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower … unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector. The model replicates the developments of the …

In this paper fiscal policy is examined for an open economy characterised by unemployment due to efficiency wages. We …

The paper examines the relative effectiveness of two policy proposals in reducing unemployment and working poverty …: unemployment vouchers and low-wage subsidies. The unemployment vouchers are targeted exclusively at the unemployed (especially the … workers are (i.e. the more their wages rise with employment duration), the more effective will unemployment vouchers be …