This paper estimates the probability distribution of relative county unemployment in Britain for the years 1981 … unemployment transition is defined as a move between a tail and the centre of the distribution (and vice versa). We calculate …) unemployment regions have a higher probability of entering a state of lower (higher) unemployment than a state of higher (lower …

This paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The … they experience relatively less unemployment. We assume that wages are determined by a monopoly union and further that a … of lower unemployment. …

We analyse the effects active labour market programmes (ALMPs) have on unemployment in a union wage-setting framework … case where ALMPs increase match efficiency of the marginalized workers, and show that ALMPs may increase unemployment. …

This paper examines the impact on unemployment, unemployment distribution, wages and welfare of Youth Unemployment …

the impact of YUPs on skill division, unemployment distribution workers and aggregate unemployment. …