This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We … matching model, we estimate that about 45% of the surge in Spanish unemployment could have been avoided had Spain adopted …

study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and … market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …

This paper studies the effect of two labor market institutions, unemployment insurance (UI) and job search assistance … search unemployment, skill depreciation during unemployment, and idiosyncratic as well as aggregate labor market risk. The … substantial reduction in the output cost of recessions and a more moderate reduction in the welfare cost of recessions in Germany. …

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits. …

context of the COVID-19 crisis in Germany. Employment responses differed widely across local labour markets, with differences … often adopted in regions with higher digital capital. But digital capital smoothed the employment shock beyond the effect of …

effects of institutions on unemployment. Our main results are that on the average a tighter employment protection, a higher … wage negotiations decreases unemployment. The strength of the effects differs considerably between countries. -- employment … protection ; labour market institutions ; unemployment ; international comparison …

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …

immigrants' wages are the lowest of all workers due to their ineligibility for unemployment benefits and lower wage bargaining …, resulting in gains in terms of both employment and wages for natives, which does not hold for documented immigration. Stricter … immigration enforcement mutes job creation and raises the unemployment rate of all workers, having an even larger detrimental …