unemployment rate and the actual unemployment rate in the country, which is a meaningful indicator of their misperception of labor … model includes: controls for the worker's ability; country-specific fixed effects; the unemployment rate in the region of … residence, which might be the benchmark respondents have in mind when reporting their perception of the national unemployment …

received a brochure that informed them about job search strategies and the consequences of unemployment, and motivated them to … individuals who exhibit an increased risk of long-term unemployment. For this group, the brochure increases employment and …

We extend the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides model of equilibrium unemployment to incorporate public-sector employment … unemployment rate, on the division of employment between the private and public sectors, and on the distributions of wages in the …

and those predicted to face a penalty compared to their pre-unemployment wage display overly optimistic wage expectations …

models have deeply renewed the understanding of job search, job flows, job creations and destructions, unemployment and wage … optimal level of unemployment benefits, the funding of unemployment insurance and the impact of employment protection …

receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance … welfare gains but gives rise to large wage differentials. -- Job search ; wage bargaining ; wage differentials ; unemployment … ; unemployment insurance …