We introduce search and matching unemployment into a model of trade with differentiated goods and heterogeneous firms …

unemployment and its duration distribution. Using the SIPP, we document the relation between workers' (gross and net) occupational … mobility and unemployment duration over the long run and business cycle. To interpret this evidence, we develop an analytically … countercyclical net occupational mobility, the large volatility of unemployment and the cyclical properties of the unemployment …

, an additionally provided monthly application decreases the length of spells by 4%. In line with theory, we further find …

the regional and skill dimension of mismatch unemployment, we find a substantial increase of mismatch unemployment for …

We estimate Okun's law, the negative relationship between output and the unemployment rate, at the sector level for the … coefficients are proportional to the aggregate in all four countries. We also show that the standard deviation of unemployment is …

between enemies versus trade between friends to provide some evidence that is consistent with the theory …

increases job-finding in the private sector by 10 percentage points within one year of unemployment. Six years later, high …