. This paper analyses the causal impact of such extensions on employment using a natural experiment in Portugal: the … on employment growth. Moreover, the effects tend to be concentrated amongst non-affiliated firms. The lack of …

and employment are significantly negatively affected by China's competition, but only through the indirect 'market …

relatively long period to collect benefits. We find that monthly transitions from employment to unemployment increase by 10% as …In most countries, the unemployed are entitled to unemployment benefits only if they have previously worked a minimum … period of time. This institutional feature creates a sharp change at eligibility in the disutility from unemployment and may …

unemployment, there is little comprehensive evidence about the effects of activation during recessions. Here we evaluate a large … activation programme introduced in Portugal in 2012, a time of very high unemployment. This programme required specific … unemployment benefit recipients to meet jobcentre caseworkers and then participate in active labour market policies. Our analysis …

serious pitfalls. Three canonical variates used in the literature - the minimum unemployment rate during a worker's time at … the firm (min u), the unemployment rate at the start of her tenure (Su) and the current unemployment rate interacted with … because a differential wage response to unemployment of new hires and incumbents will appear under both equal treatment and …

Using matched employer-employee data, we analyse the impact of immigrants on natives' employment in Portugal. Using …

economic outcomes, including unemployment. In this paper, we examine the role of two key labour market institutions …

employer-employee data. We find average (employment-weighted) Herfindhal indices of 800 to 1,100, stable over the 1986 …