for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum …-experimental situation from which a lot can be learned about the impact of unemployment insurance rules on the dynamics of employment …, unemployment, and wages. We find that the REBP led to a tremendous increase in unemployment, which was due to both an increase in …

In this paper we analyze the relationship between unemployment and consumption. We study this relationship with panel … empirical results indicate that an increase in the duration of unemployment spells of male household heads is associated with … institutional frameworks. Given that the coverage and generosity of social welfare institutions are both higher in the North, and …

In contrast to much recent work regarding the causes of European unemployment, in this paper, we emphasise the … accumulation and unemployment, we argue that what matters for the evolution of employment [and the unemployment rate] is not the …

labour (low and high-skilled) are distinguished and in which, due to wage rigidies, unemployment may arise. We also introduce … globalisation. A first conclusion is that the impact on wages and unemployment depends critically on the level and type of the … performed, the unemployment outcome as globalisation progresses. A final conclusion is that it matters a great deal for th …

The concept of the "employment threshold" plays an important role in the public of unemployment. The employment … unemployment. Many contributions to this debate give the impression that the employment theshold is more or less a structural …

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

The view that high unemployment in West Germany and other European countries is caused by a path dependence effect - or …

play an important role in explaining the lackluster German economic performance of which rising unemployment is only one …