This study investigates whether and to what extent further unemployment experience for youths who are already long … aside of transitions from unemployment and employment within a multivariate duration model that controls for selection on … observables and unobservables. We find that prolonging unemployment drastically decreases the chances of finding employment, but …

This paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are …

greater the productivity gap from the leader country, but differences in unemployment benefit systems can lead to relative … social welfare benefits generate high unemployment and reduce the amount of labour employed for R&D purposes. Furthermore, it …

-linear income taxation in the presence of quasi-linear preferences in leisure by allowing for involuntary unemployment, job search …

Relative to the United States, most European countries have high rates of unemployment and low levels of productivity … between unemployment and growth. The steady state relative productivity level and the corresponding rates of unemployment … country raises the worldwide rate of unemployment, whereas downsizing of firms in the follower country enlarges the …

Abstract: This paper examines whether unemployment of non-western immigrant workers in the Netherlands was … disproportionally affected by the Great Recession. We analyze unemployment data covering the period November 2007 to February 2013 … finding that the Great Recession affected unemployment rates of non-western immigrant workers in absolute terms more than …

This paper explores the optimal interaction between the tax system and unemployment compensation in insuring people … against the risks of involuntary unemployment and low ability.To that end, we introduce search unemployment in a model of … and the unemployment benefit) increases if, for efficient agents, the participation constraint (governing job search …