In The Netherlands, as in many countries: unemployment rates of lower educated workers are higher and more cyclical … than unemployment rates of higher educated workers. In this paper we test whether this is caused by the fact that more …

-off policy of firms can explain the relatively high level of unemployment amongst lower educated workers and the relatively … strong sensitivity of their unemployment rate to the business cycle. We find that lay-off rates decrease with education but … with a higher level of education can not explain the stronger cyclicality of the unemployment rate for lower educated …

In The Netherlands, as in many countries: unemployment rates of lower educated workers are higher and more cyclical … than unemployment rates of higher educated workers. In this paper we test whether this is caused by the fact that more …

-off policy of firms can explain the relatively high level of unemployment amongst lower educated workers and the relatively … strong sensitivity of their unemployment rate to the business cycle. We find that lay-off rates decrease with education but … with a higher level of education can not explain the stronger cyclicality of the unemployment rate for lower educated …

In the past decades several features of U.S. unemployment dynamics have been investigated empirically. The original … focus of research was on the duration of unemployment. In later studies the cyclicality of incidence and duration …, compositional effects and duration dependence of the exit rate out of unemployment have been investigated. Unlike the partial …

In the past decades several features of U.S. unemployment dynamics have been investigated empirically. The original … focus of research was on the duration of unemployment. In later studies the cyclicality of incidence and duration …, compositional effects and duration dependence of the exit rate out of unemployment have been investigated. Unlike the partial …

. The model also describes the propagation of shocks through different duration classes of unemployment and allows for … duration dependent exit probabilities from unemployment. Simulation experiments and a sensitivity analysis show that a shock …

structural chance, which leads to an outward shift of the UV-curve, may have substantial effects on employment and unemployment …

. The model also describes the propagation of shocks through different duration classes of unemployment and allows for … duration dependent exit probabilities from unemployment. Simulation experiments and a sensitivity analysis show that a shock …