Scholars have been examining the relationship between fertility and unemployment for more than a century. Most studies … find that fertility falls with unemployment in the short run, but it is not known whether these negative effects persist … period 1975 to 2010, we analyze both the short and long-run effects of unemployment on fertility. We follow fixed cohorts of …

labor frictions. Under standard assumptions, theory always implies a motononic negative link between capital-labor ratios …

reduction of unemployment benefits on the other reduce unemployment? Using the recent labour market reform in Germany as … background we find that the role of unemployment benefit reduction for the reduction of unemployment is very modest (7% of the … the observed post-reform unemployment decline. If disincentive effects of PEA reforms had been avoided, the effect could …

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …

density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …

The standard approach to the estimation of unemployment persistence assumes that quantile parameter heterogeneity does …

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … relative attractiveness of vacancy referrals increases over the time spent in unemployment. Overall, around 9% of sickness …

its strength and weakness, discuss its connections with theory, and draw out potential policy implications of its findings …

We study how unemployment effects the over-indebtedness of households using the new European Household Finance and … to country specific results, the role of unemployment varies widely across countries. In Spain, France or Portugal, for … households plagued by over-indebtedness increased by more than 10%, suggesting that another unemployment shock could have a major …