This paper uses the immigration sample of the German Socioeconomic Panel to analyse the earnings and unemployment … earnings differential between immigrants from Eastern Europe and comparable East Germans at the time of immigration. With … Poland and the former USSR have higher unemployment risks than those from East Germany or Romania. Ethnic networks are shown …

In this paper, we analyse an equilibrium search model with three sources for wage and unemployment differentials among … intensities and discrimination (Becker 1957) due to an appearance-based employer disutility factor. Because these sources affect … and unemployment differentials is possible. We show that the structural parameters of the model, including the firm …

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 … does not seem to be strongly affected by the recent increase in the flow of immigrants. This is different from the …

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

relative wage and unemployment differentials for various labour market defining characteristics. A simultaneous increase in the … relative wage and the unemployment likelihood is defined as a relative wage rigidity dynamic for a labour market characteristic …

This paper offers an alternative theory for the increase in unemployment and wage inequality experienced in the United … change increases skilled wages, reduces unskilled wages and increases the unemployment rate of both skilled and unskilled …

The paper presents a stochastic insider-outsider model that accounts for the following stylized facts: (1) unemployment … rates display a high degree of serial correlation, or `persistence'; (2) the average rate of unemployment has been higher in … long-run unemployment rate is independent of the level of productivity and the magnitude of the labour force. The model …

This paper views movements in unemployment as the result of the interaction between: (a) lags in labour market … decisions; and (b) labour market shocks with temporary and permanent components. Two features of unemployment dynamics are … examined: (i) `unemployment persistence', arising when temporary shocks have persistent effects on unemployment; and (ii …

opportunity to use part of their unemployment benefits to provide employment vouchers to the firms that hire them. The vouchers … would depend positively on unemployment duration and training. The paper argues that this policy would give unemployed … failures generated and amplified by unemployment benefit systems. A simple theoretical model is presented, followed by …