unemployment will always have a voluntary component. Accumulated wealth in a family tends to increase the opportunity cost of job … search, more so in a world where job status is socially important. Thus prosperity and unemployment may go hand in hand … independent of the standard income effect. The paper shows that measured unemployment always may have a voluntary component. In …

, exploiting administrative data from Germany and the 2004 enlargement of the European Union. We find that immigrants who enter … Germany when a unit of earnings from Germany allows for larger consumption at home settle for lower entry wages, but …

small reduction in the unemployment benefits, or introducing a small cash bonus for workers that get a new job, may have no … e.ect on unemployment in some cases, while eradicating significant levels of unemployment in other cases. Our analysis … multiple equilibria may exist in a game involving both workers and an unemployment-averse government. Furthermore, we explore a …

income in East Germany. The bias difference in labor market expectations explains part of the East-West German wage gap. …

-random occurrence of terrorist attacks in the home country relative to the timing of interviews and job separations in Germany. We show … remain in Germany permanently. Immigrants react more strongly if they are less integrated in Germany and have close family …' labor market behavior, we show that immigrants who enter unemployment when a terrorist event hits their home country are 1 …

refugees in Germany. The treatment group received job-matching support: an NGO identified suitable vacancies and sent the …

received a brochure that informed them about job search strategies and the consequences of unemployment, and motivated them to … individuals who exhibit an increased risk of long-term unemployment. For this group, the brochure increases employment and …

. The results show that having multiple identities improves the employment outcomes of the migrants and contribute to help …