unemployment or having to file for unemployment benefits during the pandemic are strongly and significantly associated with …

the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the … historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of …

individual shifts from paid employment to either unemployment or self-employment over the period 2001-13, as linked to changes in … probability of workers to become self-employed. R&D increases the probability of moving from unemployment to paid employment …

policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this article focuses … on the evolution of unemployment as well as inactivity across European countries. Indeed, previous crises have typically … lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It …

Whether or not immigration negatively affects the labor market outcomes of natives is an ongoing debate. One of the … recent refugees in Germany who are exogenously allocated to districts and largely excluded from the labor market. Using panel … additional labor in service, public administration, and social work. As a consequence, we also observe a significant reduction in …

Unemployment is notoriously difficult to predict. In previous studies, once country fixed effects are added to panel … estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries - Austria; Belgium … predict changes in the unemployment rate 12 months in advance based on individuals' fears of unemployment, their perceptions …

This chapter summarizes the latest state of the art in economic research on unemployment and subjective well …. Topics covered include the estimation of non-pecuniary costs of unemployment, unemployment over time, the role of others …' unemployment, spill-over effects, and re-employment, among others. …

their labor market outcomes affected, while workers working in proximity to coworkers are more affected. The unemployment … employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment … rate, decreased hours of work and labor force participation, especially for younger workers, non-white, not married and …