causes of the unemployment upturn in 1973-1983 and the subsequent decline in 1993-2006. Our results show that (i) the main … determinants of the unemployment rise in the 1970s and early 1980s were wage-push factors, the two oil price shocks and the … increase in interest rates, and (ii) the acceleration in capital accumulation was the crucial driving force of unemployment in …

who started from non-unemployment and did not receive the subsidy. The data allows us to analyze their business …

We analyse the moderating effect of trade unions on industrial employment and unemployment in countries facing exposure … the industry sector employment of young and low-educated workers. We also show that the unemployment rates for low … countries, low-educated unemployment declines with robot exposure but from a higher starting point. Our results point to unions …

positivepredictions of the model change very little, but the welfare costs of unemployment are muchlarger because unemployment risk is … distributed unequally across workers. As a result,optimal unemployment insurance may be higher and welfare is lower if hiring is …

Differences in regional unemployment in post-communist economies are large andpersistent. We show that inherited … variation in human-capital endowment across the regionsof four such economies explains the bulk of regional unemployment …

We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation andequilibrium unemployment in a …