costs. It is shown that even with flexible wages unemployment is higher among the low-skilled and increases with skill … skilled, increasing the inflow into unemployment, and that the jobs are less profitable, resulting in a smaller outflow from … unemployment. Firing costs increase employment security among existing jobs, but the unskilled are likely to profit less than the …

decreased the employment rate by 0.82%p and increased the unemployment rate by 0.29%p. These estimated effects are 90 …

unemployment spells, hours worked and monthly earnings. We also analyze whether displaced workers are more likely to be in informal … costs as additional outcomes. Displaced migrant workers do not encounter losses in terms of longer unemployment spells or …

significant number of workers subject to furloughs. Both temporary closures and furloughs impose costs that will be borne by firms …

We examine how a 16-week cut in potential unemployment insurance (UI) duration in Missouri affected search behavior of … estimates to simulate the unemployment rate assuming no market-level externalities. The simulated response, which implies almost … a one percentage point decline in the unemployment rate, closely approximates the estimated change in the unemployment …

sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid …

This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipients under the Chilean program … the form of unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) – so as to mitigate the moral hazard problem of traditional … unemployment insurance programs. Our study is the first one to empirically investigate whether UISAs improve work incentives. We …