of in-work benefits on search intensity, participation, employment, and unemployment, compared to a framework in which …

economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in … shows that, at least for the time being, unemployment increases have been contained in countries with comparatively strong …

This paper summarizes the evolution of labor markets and labor market institutions and policies in the countries of … Central and Eastern Europe as well as of Central Asia over the last two decades. The main focus is on the evolution of labor … market institutions, which are among candidate explanations for the very diverse trajectories of labor markets in the region …

A shortage of skilled labor and low female labor market participation are problems many developed countries have to … female-specific labor market constraints (preferences for flexible working hours, discrimination), this is a difficult task …, and the question arises whether active labor market policies (ALMP) are an appropriate tool to do so. Promoting self …

inflation and unemployment differentials. Second, we find that asymmetries in labor market structures tend to increase the …How does the asymmetry of labor market institutions affect the adjustment of a currency union to shocks? To answer this … and real wage rigidities. In our analysis, we focus on the differentials in inflation and unemployment between countries …

packages of Hartz reforms in January 2004 and January 2005, respectively. The aim of these reforms was to accelerate labor … market flows and reduce unemployment duration. Without attempting to evaluate the specific components of these Hartz reforms … reforms indeed had an impact in making the labor market more dynamic and accelerating the matching process …

A key question in labor market research is how the unemployment insurance system affects unemployment rates and labor … causally link our empirical findings to the reduction in long-term unemployment benefits using a heterogeneous-agent labor … 76% of declining unemployment after the reform, a fact unexplained by existing research focusing on job finding rates …

employment level. Immigrants, being new to the labor market, may be less aware of employment protection regulations and less …

This paper assesses the impact that the 2009 Great Recession had on individual's transitions to and from unemployment … in Ireland. The rate of transition from unemployment to employment declined between 2006 and 2011, while the rate from … employment to unemployment increased. The impact of some of the factors identified as contributing to the likelihood of a …