us to assess the effect of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and, in a new departure, the impact of …

1996. I do not find any effects of unemployment duration on the transition from unemployment to selfemployment. Moreover …

unemployment only and not heterogeneous with respect to individual characteristics or unemployment duration, we conclude that only … changes is, nonetheless, strongly debated. We contribute to this discussion by analyzing the effect of unemployment on LOC … unemployment. Overall, we find a significant shift in stated LOC due to unemployment. Because the effect is observable during …