Purpose – The aim of this paper is to model the dynamic path of adjustment towards pre-unemployment levels of wellbeing … in a non-linear fashion, with the speed of adjustment being higher for high earners, those with high pre-unemployment … most of the adaptation takes place during the first year of unemployment, with adaptation speeds decreasing with …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causes of unemployment persistence among the Belgian labour … unemployment spells. Design/methodology/approach – The model used is a dynamic random effects probit model controlling for … unemployment persistence, the remainder is induced by the presence of state dependence. All else being equal, an individual …

Evaluation Dataset, a recently collected survey of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany. The data include … unemployment entry. Research limitations/implications – The findings offer interesting perspectives, e.g. with regard to the design …