Purpose – This paper investigates whether the effect of unemployment benefits (UB) on unemployment duration is the same … unemployment duration. Originality/value – The results also show that liquidity constraints are important in determining … unemployment duration and that wealth has an important role in the actual effect of UB. …

Purpose – This paper investigates whether the effect of unemployment benefits (UB) on unemployment duration is the same … unemployment duration. Originality/value – The results also show that liquidity constraints are important in determining … unemployment duration and that wealth has an important role in the actual effect of UB.  …

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 …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of financial crises on the youth unemployment rate (YUR … unemployment. The inclusion of many control variables – including in particular GDP growth – does not change the sign and …-to-work transition institutions are particularly needed to reduce the risk of persistence and structural (long-term) unemployment, since …

representative sample of entrants into unemployment in Germany. The data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us …