Unemployment is notoriously difficult to predict. In previous studies, once country and year fixed effects are added to … panel estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries collected … just over 10000 observations, we predict changes in the unemployment rate 12 months ahead. We do so using individuals …

Drawing upon data from the largest cross-country study of labor market concentration to date, this paper analyzes the … level of concentration of labor input markets in Europe and North America and provides a comparative perspective on … employers' monopsony power. It explores the characteristics of monopsony in labor markets and documents its impact by looking at …