progress. -- Out of Africa hypothesis ; human genetic diversity ; comparative development ; population density ; Neolithic …

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

-ended work ; employment continuity ; unemployment ; inactivity …

individuals. Using data from the Current Population Survey, we investigate the implications of the initial job-finding strategies …

involves conditioning elapsed duration on completed unemployment duration in the reservation wage equation. Our analysis … duration coefficient suggests that higher reservation wages negatively influence the probability of exiting unemployment …. -- reservation wages ; unemployment duration ; control function …

duration is associated with substantially higher quarterly rates of job finding in the range 53 to 106 percent. -- Unemployment … benefits ; unemployment duration ; job search …

This paper investigates the effectiveness of benefit sanctions in reducing unemployment duration. Data from the Swiss … labor market allow making a distinction between the effect of a warning that a person is not complying with eligibility … positive effect on the exit rate out of unemployment. Moreover, the stricter the sanction policy the shorter is the duration of …

The potential duration of benefits is generally viewed as an important determinant of unemployment duration. This paper … evaluates a unique policy change that prolonged entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum of 209 … program was an endogenous policy response to a crisis affecting individuals with severe labor market problems. The main …