lead to higher equilibrium unemployment via the generated real wage wedge. …

for economies with either an earnings-related or flatrate unemployment compensation system are considered. A distinctive … feature of the analysis is the comparison of both unemployment compensation systems in a two-country setting. It is … demonstrated that the performance of a system with earnings-related or flat-rate unemployment benefits depends on whether the labor …

This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …

Germany's recovery from an unemployment disease and its resilience to the Great Recession is remarkable. Its success …

Based on a two-country model it is scrutinized how the structure of the unemployment benefit system affects the … consequences of idiosyncratic labor market shocks on real wages and unemployment in other countries. International spillover …

provoked if a single country reduces the generosity of the unemployment compensation system or weakens labor union power. For … degree of competition in the goods market and the institutional setup of the unemployment compensation system. Furthermore …

survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …

natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for …