Worksharing is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. In this paper we present a … evidence for the proposition that worksharing would promote employment or reduce unemployment. In an appendix we present an …

This paper investigates the impact of individual asset holdings on the probability of leaving unemployment. According … to the theory, higher levels of financial wealth will result in higher reservation wages and longer unemployment … out of unemployment. In particular, negative levels of wealth increase significantly the hazard of leaving unemployment …