Standard job search theory assumes that unemployed individuals have perfect information about the effect of their … their future outcomes are determined by external factors have lower reservation wages …

networks should experience a higher productivity of informal search. Hence, job search theory suggests that individuals with … search productivity, it is also likely that individuals set higher reservation wages. We analyze these relations using a … relationship between the network size and reservation wages …

incentives due to higher net earnings. Additional earnings during unemployment might lead to higher reservation wages prolonging … the duration of unemployment, yet also giving unemployed individuals more time to search for better and more stable jobs … evaluate the impact of marginal employment on unemployment duration and subsequent job quality, we consider a sample of fresh …

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies …

The generosity of the Unemployment Insurance system (UI) plays a central role for the job search behavior of unemployed … individuals. Standard search theory predicts that an increase in UI benefit generosity, either in terms of benefit duration or … entitlement, has a negative impact on the job search activities of the unemployed increasing their unemployment duration. Despite …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a …

, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously … unemployment …