up a risky entrepreneurial venture. Using administrative data from Denmark, where unemployment insurance (UI) is … available to both wage earners and self-employed on a voluntary basis, we estimate the causal effect of UI cover on the self-employment …

This paper analyses data from a large-scale field experiment where unemployed workers were randomly assigned to an … job search. We exploit this heterogeneity in caseworker stringency and the random assignment of unemployed workers to … requirements reduces job finding. We argue that restricting the job search opportunities forces unemployed workers to search sub …

flows on wage formation as alternative to the traditional specification of wage equations where unemployment represents the …

workers at acquired firms, takeovers are associated with a 8.5% drop in employment at the consolidated firm and a 2.6% drop in …

This paper studies the relationship between the change in the unemployment rate and output growth using an approach …