We analyse the duration of unemployment spells in Poland using data from the Polish Labour Force Survey of August 1994 …. The effects on the duration of unemployment of important socio-economic and demographic characteristics are explored … besides the impacts of the unemployment benefit system and training schemes. Finally, we investigate whether prior …

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …

and firm development. While firm survival seems to be negatively affected by foundation from unemployment, especially in …

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment … unemployment insurance is reduced. A revenue-neutral rebalancing of social support away from unemployment insurance and toward …

Unemployment duration data derived from retrospective surveys often show an abnormal concentration of responses at … research based on unemployment duration data derived from the retrospective calendar information in the German Socio …-Economic Panel, where a very high proportion of all unemployment spells beginning in January or end in December of each year. We show …

: intervention works prolong unemployment for both genders as do public works for men. The number of observations on women in public …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

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 … extensive margin of (self-)employment and on unemployment duration. We find heterogeneous effects on the extensive margin: while …