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 …

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 …

Previous estimates of the effect of unemployment on crime commonly omit determinants of criminal behavior that vary … with the business cycle, creating correlation between unemployment rates and the residuals in aggregate crime regressions … accompanying omitted variables bias to estimates of the effect of unemployment on crime. Using a state-level panel for the period …

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 …

In this paper we analyse the likely effects of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) on European unemployment. We start by … describing the current unemployment situation in the European Union (EU). In so doing, we try to assess the relative importance … of European, national and regional shocks in driving national and regional unemployment rates, and also to estimate the …

overly long unemployment durations. We examine the influence of previous wages on unemployment durations for workers after …

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. …