precursor to eventual sharp rises in unemployment in that state. The elasticity exceeds unity: a doubling of the rate of home …-ownership in a U.S. state is followed in the long-run by more than a doubling of the later unemployment rate. What mechanism might … commuting times, and (iii) fewer new businesses. Our argument is not that owners themselves are disproportionately unemployed …

workers with part-time hours who would prefer more hours) and the rate of non-employment which includes both the unemployed …Most economists maintain that the labor market in the United States is 'tight' because unemployment rates are low. They …, prior to that, real wages had been stagnant for some time. We show that unemployment is not key to understanding wage …

1) Fear of unemployment substantially depresses pay in both countries …3) The unemployment elasticity of pay averages -0.1 in the UK and apparently zero in the US …

uses microeconomic data to examine the employment consequences of unionization. The paper addresses this issue with a new … association between poor employment performance and the presence of trade unions. The union employment growth differential is …

self-employment. They were accompanied by a substantial improvement in the labour market position of women. But the reforms … nonemployment to employment for men; a devastating loss in full-time jobs for male workers and produced substantial seemingly … workings of the UK labour market. Our primary conclusion is that the Thatcherite reforms succeeded in their goals of weakening …

self-employment rate and the unemployment rate. It is also shown that the self-employed are more satisfied with their jobs …This paper describes measurement of a self-employment rate and the important role the agricultural sector plays in any … analysis of the determinants of self-employment. The determinants of the self-employment rate are modeled using a panel of 23 …

Unemployment is notoriously difficult to predict. In previous studies, once country fixed effects are added to panel … estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries over 439 months … unemployment rate 12 months in advance based on individuals' fears of unemployment, their perceptions of the economic situation and …

likely to suffer from disturbed sleep. These problems are greater still for the long-term unemployed and for the jobless who …Although there is a substantial literature indicating that unemployment and joblessness have profound adverse impacts … staying asleep too much. We find the short-term unemployed suffer more short and long sleep than the employed and are more …

the flow of workers from Eastern Europe, the fear of unemployment has risen in the UK which appears to have contained wage … rate of unemployment …

Previous literature has found that both unemployment and inflation lower happiness. This paper extends the literature … interest rates. I find, conventionally, that both higher unemployment and higher inflation lower happiness. Interest rates are … that unemployment depresses well-being more than inflation. The least educated and the old are more concerned about …