Blanchard (1994) by adding migration. The impact of remittances on unemployment depends on its effect on productivity growth and … directly and indirectly through its effect on investment. -- Unemployment ; migration ; remittances …

dispersion. In the UK and the US, where the bottom of the wage distribution is more dispersed, the inactivity rate (sometimes … from the period 1994-2001. I find a sizable and significant effect of the wage on inactivity in the UK and the US but none … in France. The probability of unemployment as a function of the wage decreases more rapidly in the UK and the US than it …

persistently confined to the same workers or to particular occupational groups. Individuals with a history of unemployment and … workers' perceptions of unemployment are strong predictors of actual unemployment experiences occurring in the subsequent year … further analyses of the workings of the labour market. -- unemployment expectations ; job satisfaction ; cross-section models …

equilibrium unemployment in Britain and the United States during the 1990s. We investigate whether perceptions of job insecurity … contribute to lowering wages. First, we examine the validity of subjective questions about unemployment expectations, using … longitudinal data. We find that workers' fears of unemployment are increased by their previous unemployment experience and by other …

This paper investigates the impact of individual heterogeneity and regional influences on unemployment duration … opportunities impact upon the observed distribution of unemployment duration(s). This is an important issue for policy formation and … unemployed. -- Unemployment Duration ; Job Search ; Regional Labour Markets …