Not only the level of aggregate unemployment but also the properties of its dynamics are an important topic in … asymmetric pattern in the evolution of unemployment, whereas linear models with Gaussian innovations preclude such dynamics. This … paper applies several tests for asymmetry to aggregate British, German and US unemployment data to assess the relevance of …

what European policy makers can learn from this experience. Impact of Immigration on natives' employment and earnings, as …

centralized bargaining? For the case of Austria, a corporatist archetype, this study uses an innovative technique developed by …

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990 …

the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …

for economies with either an earnings-related or flatrate unemployment compensation system are considered. A distinctive … feature of the analysis is the comparison of both unemployment compensation systems in a two-country setting. It is … demonstrated that the performance of a system with earnings-related or flat-rate unemployment benefits depends on whether the labor …

This paper looks at the effects of unemployment on re-employment wage for men using the first seven waves of the … changes over time, and whether the type of interruption itself matters or not for re-employment wage, are addressed. The issue … of sample selection and unobserved heterogeneity are also addressed in the analyses. This study finds that, unemployment …

We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job … search guidelines - affect unemployment. In our analysis we find that not only micro effects concerning the behavior of … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate. …