This paper provides quasi-experimental estimates of the causal effect of long-term unemployment on wages. Using … standard job search theory, the paper derives and tests conditions on reemployment wages under which Unemployment Insurance (UI … paper shows that UI extensions at age thresholds reduced reemployment wages of job searchers in Germany. The UI extensions …

demand and wages of most U.S. native workers …

Does attracting or losing jobs in high paying sectors have important spill-over effects on wages in other sectors? The … relationship between changes in industry-specific city-level wages and changes in industrial composition. Our finding is that the … very substantial and persistent. Our point estimates indicate that the total effect on average wages of a change in …

reservation wages to unemployment benefits. Some existing estimates imply significant gains to raising the current level of … unemployment benefits in the United States, but highlight the need for more research on the determinants of reservation wages. Our …

Educational Longitudinal Survey respondents. For females, adolescent drinking and adult wages are unrelated, and negative …

that incorporates unemployment and endogenous wages. This formula nests a broad variety of structures of the labor market …, such as competitive models with fixed or flexible wages and models with matching frictions. Our results show that the …

immigrants, especially illegal ones, have a worse outside option than natives their wages are lower. Hence their presence reduces …

's theoretical framework: (i) wages are higher in states with more generous unemployment benefits, (ii) the perceived probability of …