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76% of declining unemployment after the reform, a fact unexplained by existing research focusing on job finding rates … market search model. Absent the reform, unemployment rates would be 50% higher today …
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This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland. This Röstigraben separates cultural groups, but neither labor markets nor political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the...
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Although many programs redistribute resources in the U.S., two program were central in providing a safety net for those facing hardship during the Great Recession: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which grew to 47.7 million people in January 2013 – or 15.1 percent of all...
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, the aim of this paper is to analyze to what extent Romania's accession to the EU in 2007 has added new features to the … outcomes in the context of the EU second enlargement, covering the recent trends and characteristics, as well as the effects on … develop adjustment strategies in their destination countries. Romania's accession to the EU in 2007 did not generally change …
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enlargement of the European Union in May 2004. The resulting large, rapid and concentrated migration inflow can be seen as a … in claimant unemployment in the UK between 2004 and 2006 …
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The paper takes a comparative perspective on the labour market impact on G20 and EU countries of the financial and …
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A thorny problem in identifying the determinants of reservation wages and particularly the role of continued joblessness in their evolution is the simultaneity issue. We deploy a natural control function approach to the problem that involves conditioning elapsed duration on completed...
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unemployment, which we calibrate on EU15 and US data. Labor market imperfections are found to significantly increase the volume of … (1950-2010). We show that a policy reform in one country also has an impact on labor markets in other countries when capital …
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Using harmonized micro data, this paper investigates the job search behaviour of the unemployed in Europe. The analysis focuses on the importance of individual and household characteristics in this context, as well as on cross-country differences in Europe. Our findings suggest that both...
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How does the asymmetry of labor market institutions affect the adjustment of a currency union to shocks? To answer this question, this paper sets up a dynamic currency union model with monopolistic competition and sticky prices, hiring frictions and real wage rigidities. In our analysis, we...
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