In this paper we look at the effects of immigration and trade with Eastern Europe on unemployment in Austria. Using … possible detrimental impacts in unemployment entry effects and unemployment duration effects. We find that unemployment entry … immigration effect on unemployment duration. Within almost all subgroups there is a significant increase in the length of …

technology growth and institutional variables affect equilibrium wage inequality, income shares and unemployment. Next, it … explain a significant part of the differential rise in unemployment and capital share and some of the differential dynamics in …

Spain and Portugal are two neighbour economies which share many characteristics. Spanish unemployment is more than … double Portuguese unemployment, however. In this chapter we resort to Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) techniques to …, their effects on unemployment were much more long-lasting in Spain than in Portugal. …

In Portugal real wage flexibility, at the macroeconomic level, is noticeably higher, while unemployment duration is … lower, when compared to Spain. This suggests that the hardship of being unemployed is higher in Portugal. Unemployment … benefits and family insurance, which are the main buffer against unemployment and have played different roles in both countries …

We examine how technological change affects wage inequality and unemployment in a calibrated model of matching … the fact that, in the model calibrated to the US economy, both unemployment and vacancy durations are very short, i …

possible between different segments of the labour market, we concentrate on unemployment experience and wage growth for a panel …

In this paper we analyse the underlying causes behind Spanish unemployment which is now at 24%. We interpret this … labour market institutions. Our aim is to explain the main sources of shocks to unemployment, and the most relevant features …