, these factors are analyzed based on a microeconometric model of individual transitions from unemployment into employment and …Although explanations of the persistence of high unemployment in Germany, in particular long-term unemployment, have … dependence" arising from causal factors and "sorting" effects due to unobserved heterogeneity in the unemployment pool. I also …

between employment, unemployment and non-participation in the labour force at the individual level are derived from panel data …-state or 'equilibrium' unemployment rates for various groups of the labour force. It is shown that these differ greatly between …

supply due to the generous allowances for marginal employment under the current and the planned regulations of unemployment … Mindestsicherung") to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty … as well as increasing employment rates of recipients of social assistance. On the basis of a behavioral microsimulation …

in Austria, Germany and Italy. -- Returns to education ; unemployment ; EU-SILC … the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … educated. We analyse the returns to education in Austria, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom, countries which differ …

for state dependence effects in male unemployment behaviour. Estimation of the model is based on the marginal likelihood … approach. In the model an individual's unemployment probability at a given point in time within the period 1985 - 1989 depends … on his labour force status in the previous period and on the cumulated duration of past unemployment. Controlling for …