We present evidence for a highly significant interaction between state dependence in individual unemployment risk and … high unemployment and larger in times of low unemployment. This is consistent with the existence of stigma effects in the … sense that unemployed individuals face difficulties finding a new job because employers interpret unemployment as a negative …

individuals. The programme effects are estimated considering the timing of treatment in the individual unemployment spell …. Applying propensity score matching in a dynamic setting where the time until treatment in the unemployment spell is stratified … quarter of the unemployment spell. For East Germany, none of the groups experiences an improvement of the labour market …

periods and the size of unemployment benefits on unemployment durations and post{unemployment earnings in West Germany. For … the unemployment duration, we estimate censored Box{Cox quantile regression, which is robust with respect to the … the length of benefit entitlement is only of minor importance for the duration of search unemployment and for post …

Recent labor market reforms in Germany aim, among other things, at reducing unemployment by restricting passive … unemployment measures, emphasizing local labor market policies and re-structuring public employment services. This paper uses … contribute to the shortening of unemployment duration. For this purpose, we estimate a semi-parametric duration model with three …

This paper studies how cognitive and social skills in childhood are related to the duration of unemployment in … from unemployment to employment during an individual’s first unemployment spell. The analysis is based on British cohort …, parenting activities and school characteristics. -- Unemployment duration ; social skills ; noncognitive skills ; cognitive …

In this paper, we estimate the effect of different macro and micro variables on thedistribution of unemployment … duration in West Germany using censored quantile regressions. We analyze unemployment periods of more than 91,000 observations … indicating the macroeconomic environment such as the unemployment rate have a weak effect only. On the other hand, variables …

finite sample properties and our implementation appears to be very fast. A small application to German unemployment duration … level of social benefits has a strong impact on the length of long term unemployment for low earners and fertility is … related with longer unemployment periods of females. …

us to assess the effect of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and, in a new departure, the impact of …