We read search theory's unemployment equilibrium condition as an Iso-Unemployment Curve(IUC).The IUC is the locus of … job destruction rates and expected unemployment durations rendering the same unemployment level. A country's position … unemployment level at which such preferences are satisfied Using a panel of 20 OECD countries over 1985-2008, we find employment …

unemployment rates in some states. Federal government transfers to households also appear to have adversely affected work … incentives in high unemployment states by limiting participation in the labor force. …

Despite strong economic growth, a "U"-curve unemployment phenomenon in Mauritius can be observed. Unemployment plunged … growth of higher-skilled sectors coupled with rigidities in the labor market seem to account for the observed unemployment … by reforming the pay-setting institutions. …

flexibility with state-provided unemployment insurance and can be applied only to new entrants in the market without affecting the …

Using household level data for France from 1990 to 2000, we estimate a relationship between wages and unemployment …

affects private sector employment, the unemployment level, and the unemployment duration in the transition economies of … private sector and a high unemployment level of long duration. The paper also addresses the issue of the optimal (output …

for interpreting trends in wage shares, capital-labor ratios, and aggregate unemployment. …