role for the cyclicality of the unemployment outflow rate, although the contribution of the duration of unemployment is … significant. In contrast, composition effects dampen the cyclicality of the unemployment inflow rate considerably. We further … observe that the initially positive contribution of composition effects to a higher unemployment outflow rate turns negative …

explained? The paper claims that changes in labour market institutions such as unemployment benefits, active labour market … institutions, the pattern found in Germany shows sequences of de- and re-regulatory reforms of employment protection and increasing … or decreasing unemployment benefit generosity, both mostly addressing the margins of the labour market, i.e. 'outsiders …

negative duration dependence of exit rates from unemployment. Our model has a number of novel testable implications. For …