We present an applied general equilibrium modelling approach to analyse employment and unemployment effects of labour … problem of persistent unemployment. …

We show that in a Ricardo-Viner-type trade model with unemployment due to search and matching the productivity effect … improvements in the technology of offshoring. -- offshoring ; trade in tasks ; unemployment ; search and matching …

Many countries suffer from persistently high unemployment rates. The scope for labour market reforms is often limited …

to avoid elevated unemployment rates during the transition. …

, and on the economy-wide unemployment rate. A reduction in the offshoring cost affects intrafirm and intrasectoral … economy-wide unemployment rate are the elasticity of substitution between inputs and the elasticity of demand for … cost of offshoring affects jobs and unemployment. We also show that the implications of a reduction in the cost of trading …

implied by new unemployment claims: we estimate 20 million lost jobs by April 8th, far more than jobs lost over the entire … rise in the unemployment rate over the corresponding period to be surprisingly small, only about 2 percentage points. Third …

where workers apply for just one job exhibits unemployment and absence of wage dispersion; (ii) an equilibrium where workers … apply for two or for more (but not for all) jobs always exhibits wage dispersion and, typically, unemployment; (iii) the …