-off policy of firms can explain the relatively high level of unemployment amongst lower educated workers and the relatively … strong sensitivity of their unemployment rate to the business cycle. We find that lay-off rates decrease with education but … with a higher level of education can not explain the stronger cyclicality of the unemployment rate for lower educated …

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 …

European countries lies in the differences in gains and costs from geographical mobility.We present a model where labor …

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 …