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 …

unemployment. Labor market regulations, unemployment benefits, and high levels of public consumption in many European countries …

Conventional models of equilibrium unemployment typically imply that proportional taxes on labor earnings are neutral … with respect to unemployment as long as the tax does not affect the replacement rate provided by unemployment insurance, i ….e., unemployment benefits relative to after-tax earnings. When home production is an option, the conventional results may no longer …

unemployment-spell. Consequently, our calculations suggest that the steady-state unemployment rate fell by as much as one-fifth. …

This paper studies how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects individuals’ job search behavior and re …-employment outcomes. We exploit an unexpected reform of the German unemployment insurance scheme in 2008, which increased the potential … over the first two months of unemployment. Treatment effects on the reservation wage are positive but statistically …

to avoid elevated unemployment rates during the transition. …

rates are consistent with weakly increasing returns in matching. The resulting equilibrium is not efficient. Unemployment …

, 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 …