Studies find that technological change has contributed to the decline in manufacturing and to persistent unemployment …

employment and unemployment. However, it can be seriously misleading to ignore the interrelated behavior of hours worked … unemployment outcomes. The hours–employment distinction is especially important in the evaluation of the performances of European ….Work hours can be altered relatively speedily and flexibly, and this strongly relates to employment, labor productivity, and …

Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing … unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy reforms. The alternative view is that the slow recovery of the … economy is due to cyclic reasons coming from lack of demand which prevents unemployment from falling quickly. Knowing whether …

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …

help workers obtain employment after displacement and secure higher-paying jobs. They can also match highly-skilled workers … to more productive employment. Inside the firm, referrals facilitate employment relationships that are more stable …

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …

random assignment of job seekers to caseworkers. We find that the duration of un- and non-employment both decrease by 3% if … small negative effects on job stability, reducing the duration of re-employment spells by 0.3% per required application. We … find a zero effect on re-employment wages …