employer and may choose to remain unemployed rather than to accept a low-wage job. In this case, unemployment can serve as a … signal of productivity, and duration of unemployment may be positively related to post-laid-off wages even among workers who … are not recalled. In contrast, because workers whose plant closed cannot be recalled, longer unemployment for them should …

% for a 1 pp decline in the unemployment rate. For large recessions, like the Great Recession, that implies a decline in the …

their labour force. If not, other countries experience growing unemployment and/or trade deficit. This result is applied to … the case of Germany, which has displayed a significantly lower increase in its labour force than its trade partners …) the impact of differences in labour force growth upon unemployment in Eurozone countries has been significant and (ii) the …

between local unemployment and wages. Finally, we do not find significant effects of firm ownership on wages. …

but also analyze its effect on post-unemployment wages and job stability for unemployed Danish workers. We find evidence … intensity increases the likelihood of leaving unemployment for regular jobs. Our results show that agency employment is even …