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

When unemployment prevails, relations with a particular firm are valuable for workers. As a consequence, a worker may … shirk and switch firms. Our results thus suggest that unemployment is not a necessary device to motivate workers. We also … market characterized by unemployment. Surprisingly though, this does not compromise market performance. …

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

Right-wing extremism is a serious problem in many societies. A prominent hypothesis states that unemployment plays a … fact a significant positive relation between unemployment and rightwing criminal activities. We show further that the big … difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to differences in unemployment. This …

We analyze the impact of imperfect contract enforcement on the emergence of unemployment. In an experimental labor … observable, but not verifiable to a situation where explicit contracts are feasible. Our main result shows that unemployment is … much higher when third-party contract enforcement is absent. Unemployment is involuntary, being caused by firms' employment …

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 …