unemployment into either new job or recall. The recall probability is allowed to affect the search intensity for new jobs. …

proposes a model of monopolistic competition with an endogenous determination of workers flows in and out of unemployment …

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 …

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 examines the determinants of unemployment duration in a competing risks framework with two destination … states, namely, inactivity and employment. The major innovation is our recognition of defective risks. We first use a … unemployment. Although we do not reject the null of proportionality, abandoning the proportionality assumption does not materially …

This study examines individuals' unemployment experiences from the age of 18 up to the age of 35 using a large panel of … administrative records on unemployment related benefit claims of men in the United Kingdom over the past two decades. The main focus … is on the extent to which individuals' unemployment experiences are affected by regional and skill differences, i …

Diamond (1994) that an individual's probability of leaving unemployment decreases with unemployment duration and increases …

distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment …

Labor market frictions are not the only possible factor responsible for high unemployment. Credit market imperfections … European and US unemployment differ so much when labor markets have become more similar at the margin in Europe and the US. To …