EPL discourages both. The overall impact on equilibrium unemployment is thus ambiguous, depending on the characteristics … destruction effect is stronger, thus raising the unemployment rate. …

productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade … unemployment is higher in Algeria than in other countries. The results are robust to various panel econometric methods and …

, we simulate the effects of this reform on unemployment, employment, and welfare. We estimate that the CNE will lead to …

We read search theory's unemployment equilibrium condition as an Iso-Unemployment Curve(IUC).The IUC is the locus of … job destruction rates and expected unemployment durations rendering the same unemployment level. A country's position … unemployment level at which such preferences are satisfied Using a panel of 20 OECD countries over 1985-2008, we find employment …

-term unemployment rate (which would raise equilibrium unemployment rates). However, over the medium term, we expect Canada's potential …

unemployment rates in some states. Federal government transfers to households also appear to have adversely affected work … incentives in high unemployment states by limiting participation in the labor force. …

macroeconomic factors--including the unemployment rate and generosity of the unemployment compensation system--as well as individual …-specific determinants, such as human capital proxies and length of unemployment spell. The longitudinal dataset provides an interesting … unemployment to employment. The findings shed light on the disincentive effects of the German tax and transfer system for the …

affects private sector employment, the unemployment level, and the unemployment duration in the transition economies of … private sector and a high unemployment level of long duration. The paper also addresses the issue of the optimal (output …

using macroeconomic data on employment, unemployment, participation, and (for Canada) migration and real wages. We find that …