We offer a decomposition for the variance of the current unemployment rate that not only measures the contributions of … labor market flows but also of the approximation error embedded in other decompositions that use surrogates for the current …

Do investment programs create more jobs in tight or in slack labor markets? We study this question using data from a … large, long-term photovoltaic invest scheme in Germany. Comparing counties with high and low unemployment both over time and … across space, we find that photovoltaic installations created at least twice as many jobs in slack than in tight labor …

Using information on desired and actual hours of work, we formulate a discrete choice model of constrained labor supply …

consequences of flexible labor markets for the economic integration of different population groups, such as women, the elderly …To assess the influence of nonstandard employment for the labor market participation of different demographic groups …, unemployment, and economic inactivity between 1996 and 2011. In our analyses, we distinguish between fixedterm employment, solo …

, dass mit einer größeren Lohnspreizung die Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit bei gegebenem Output, Kapitaleinsatz und …