probabilities between private and public employment, unemployment and inactivity. We examine the stocks and flows by gender, age and … unemployment rate. Public-sector employment contributes 20 percent to fluctuations in the unemployment rate in the UK, 15 percent …

of different job search methods, conditional unemployment benefits hikes can improve welfare when individuals are risk …

2008-2009 crisis. This paper discusses the efficiency of this type of policy and investigates its impact on unemployment … unemployment during downturns. All in all, it seems that short-time work programs used in the recent downturn had significant …

private sector would lower the unemployment rate and reduce government costs. …

as nepotism in hiring in the public sector, on unemployment and rent seeking. Conditional on inefficiently high public …-sector wages, more nepotism in public-sector hiring lowers the unemployment rate because it limits the size of queues for public …

wage policies in the public sector on unemployment and education decisions. The effects on the educational composition of …

-state unemployment by 1.4 percentage points. …

the optimal policy can increase the volatility of unemployment significantly. Public sector wage and employment shocks … have mixed effects on unemployment. A wage shock raises the unemployment rate, while a reduction in the separations lowers … it. Hiring more people can increase or decrease the unemployment rate. All shocks raise the wage and crowd out employment …

2008-2009 crisis. This paper discusses the efficiency of this type of policy and investigates its impact on unemployment … unemployment during downturns. All in all, it seems that short-time work programs used in the recent downturn had significant …