The Spanish labour market is characterised by high levels of unemployment, which have increased during the global … economic crisis. Spain is also a country which is characterised by a very high percentage of homeownership, with more than 83 …% of households being owner-occupiers. Both regional levels of unemployment and homeownership are known to be important …

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 …

distinguishing job-to-job, job-to-unemployment, and other transitions. We find that job-to-job transitions are pro-cyclical, while … unemployment transitions are counter-cyclical. Individuals most affected by the economic crisis tend to be young males, living in … regions with high unemployment rates, with low qualifications and working in manual occupations (particularly construction …

the estimates of the impact of labour demand shocks on participation. For men, unemployment increased in response to …

stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labour market …

Existing models of equilibrium unemployment with endogenous labor market participation are complex, generate … procyclical unemployment rates and cannot match unemployment variability relative to GDP. We embed endogenous participation in a … variabilities but also generates strongly countercyclical unemployment rates. With some wage rigidity the model also matches …

stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labour market …

This paper analyses the potential impacts of introducing unemployment insurance (UI) in middle income countries using … unemployment and three employment sectors: formal and informal wage employment, and self employment. The parameters of the model … informal, formal and self employed workers. The results suggest that unemployment insurance would have only a modest negative …

response successfully offset earnings loses among lower-wage workers, the risk of continued and persistent unemployment remains …