force participation is high and the unemployment rate is low (also for young workers). Among the unemployed there are … the relevant labor market in-stitutions in the Netherlands and use recent reforms to assess the importance of the …

This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on unemployment in a panel of 19 OECD countries for the … effects of institutions on unemployment. Our main results are that on the average a tighter employment protection, a higher … of the unemployment rate. Our novel contribution is the estimation of panel models where we allow for heterogeneous …

institutional determinants, especially labor-market institutions, on migrants' choices. Based on a large data set constructed from … immigrant networks and negative effects of unemployment rates. In addition, we find that employment protection, union coverage … and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract …

This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse as an …

Several European countries have reformed their labor market institutions. Incentive effects of unemployment benefits … have been an important aspect of these reforms. We analyze this issue in a principal-agent model, focusing on unemployment … levels and labor productivity. In our model, a higher level of unemployment benefits improves the works position in wage …

the institutions and infrastructure literature in this respect, using selection-based gravity modeling of trade flows. We …

Migration is an important and yet neglected determinant of institutions. The paper documents the channels through which … emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries …

intensifies. We find that the better the institutions and the more competitive the banking sector, the higher the bank's incentive …