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 …

Although a meaningful percentage of firms are created out of unemployment and current active labor market policies in … Europe often subsidize unemployed individuals to start their own businesses, little is known about the role of unemployment … schedule which changed as a result of the 2012 Spanish labor market reform, we estimate the causal reform effects on the …