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

real wages and low unemployment result. With an intermediate view, i.e. when partial equilibrium effects within a sector … are taken into account, high real wages and unemployment result. If all general equilibrium effects are considered at once …, low real wages and low unemployment again result. The assumption that unions and employers' federations are not able to …

In dynamic wage bargaining models it is usually assumed that individual unemployment benefits are a fraction of the … average wage level. In most countries, however, unemployment benefits are instead tied to the previous level of individually … wage-setting curve with outcomes under other unemployment compensation schemes. In particular, we show that the widely used …

unemployment results. With an intermediate view, when partial equilibrium effects are taken into account, high real wages and … unemployment results, which may explain the persistence of high unemployment in Europe. If all general equilibrium effects are … incorporated at once, again low real wages and low unemployment results. We thus obtain a hump-shaped relationship between the …

geschätzt werden, bestätigen insbesondere die zentrale Bedeutung der Arbeitslosigkeit für die Höhe der Fehlzeiten. Weiterhin …

In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to … compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by … neutralised, for example, by imposing a constant wedge, the employment impact will depend on the nature of the unemployment …

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 …