This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the …-born workers' assessment of the number of immigrants in the local market. By doing so, the association between unemployment of … immigrants and unemployment among native-born workers. …

density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …

circumstances such as gross domestic product, unemployment, and inflation. In this paper, we bring attention to labour market … Tella et al. (2001) to explore sectoral unemployment levels, labour market tightness, and matching efficiency as LS …-stage, we regress LS measures against the unemployment level, labour market tightness, and matching efficiency. Our results are …

institutional inertia being reflected in notoriously sluggish employment growth and rising unemployment. Recent years, however, saw …' and creating an institutional setup more conducive to strong employment growth and lower unemployment. We provide a …

market flows and reduce unemployment duration. Without attempting to evaluate the specific components of these Hartz reforms …

economic growth in the future. -- unemployment ; labor force participation ; labor supply ; benefit systems ; public policy …