explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about coronavirus risk and in … social distancing behavior. In the early phases of the pandemic, perceptions of coronavirus risk in most countries are … adjustments. Unemployment responses vary widely across countries. Unemployment is particularly responsive to health shocks in the …

In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work and labour market … participation amongst prime-aged Germans. We show that unemployment fell because the Hartz reforms induced a large fraction of the … probabilities show that observed changes in the stocks of registered and unregistered unemployment as well as marginal, contributed …

I analyze the impact of a low-wage trade shock on manufacturing workers in a high-wage country, Denmark, and how they … adjust to the shock over a decade across all potential adjustment margins, in the labor market and outside. My research … within-industry heterogeneity in workers' exposure to this trade shock. Results show a negative and significant impact of the …

pandemic were a negative supply shock, and the residual structural factors were a positive demand shock. The resulting excess …

This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain … reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the … growth drivers. Estimating a system of labor market equations for a panel of EU countries, we derive the dynamic unemployment …

insecurity, experiences with wage arrears, and spells of unemployment all increase the attractiveness of work in the public …