device to a graphical representation of full employment to an axiom necessary for matching models of unemployment. This …

Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences … compared to other non-western immigrants but they still suffer from high unemployment. The study also documents that the …

decreasing in the substitutability of worker types. This cost of search is then decomposed into three components: unemployment … workers being more choosy. The resulting equilibrium is not efficient. Unemployment benefits can reduce the loss by serving as …

transitions between the states of nonparticipation, unemployed search, and employment. Motivated by a model of household search … nonparticipation (both out of unemployed search and employment) are positively affected by the husband's income (while no effect is … found for transitions out of nonparticipation). Men seem to move from employment into unemployed search easier the higher is …

This research documents employment opportunities of labour-market entrants during the COVID-19 crisis in the … labour market in the midst of a lockdown. Our estimation results suggest short-term effects of lockdowns on employment …

This research documents changes in employment and wages in the Netherlands for different types of workers. We compare … employment has been growing by 2 percent in the period 2017-2023, of which 1.8 percent has been due to additional workers finding … employment. Women have experienced the largest increase in employment, while the employment of men on temporary contracts has …

profitability shocks by adjusting employment and hours per worker. Introducing STC substantially improves welfare by mitigating … distortions caused by public unemployment insurance (UI), but only if firms have access to private insurance. Otherwise firms …