This paper analyzes how the labor market adjusts to the Great Recession. To this aim, we use the data for Latvia, a … estimate worker transitions between labor market states. Labor market adjustment takes place predominantly at the extensive … margin since it is driven by flows from permanent wage employment to unemployment. We also show that older, non-Latvian and …

workplace safety of young workers. We find that higher local unemployment rates at entry have a positive effect both on severe … injuries and non-severe injuries. While the impact of unemployment at entry on severe injuries is constant over time, the … used to overcome wage and other institutional rigidities of the Italian labor market …