unemployment rates in 439 NUTS-3 German districts. We employ a semi-parametric approach – spatial filtering – in order to uncover … filtering analysis of regional unemployment rates in Germany. Furthermore, we exploit the resulting spatial filter as an …

longer hours. By contrast, a higher probability of losing jobs, a longer duration of unemployment, and in general a less …

indicator Ð and our macro performance indicator is the unemployment rate. Independent of the role of other institutions, good … industrial relations do seem to matter: greater strike volume is associated with higher unemployment. But these results apply in … not seem to be the case that the line of causation runs from unemployment to strikes once we control for the endogeneity …

methodology is applied to Polish micro data. The estimates confirm that wages are less elastic in a high-unemployment …

productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade … unemployment is higher in Algeria than in other countries. The results are robust to various panel econometric methods and …

combination of posted reservation wages, depending on parameters. We also show how wages, profits, and unemployment depend on …

, we simulate the effects of this reform on unemployment, employment, and welfare. We estimate that the CNE will lead to …

restrictions affects the outcome of the matching process and the natural rate of unemployment in Tunisia. The paper concludes that … the removal of firing restrictions is likely to produce a favorable but limited impact on unemployment in Tunisia. …