abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …

We analyze the impact of unemployment benefits and minimum wages using an equilibrium search model which allows for … dispersion of benefits and productivity levels, job-to-job transitions, and structural and frictional unemployment. The … estimation method uses readily available aggregate data on marginal distributions of unemployment durations as well as wages and …

We analyze the impact of unemployment benefits and minimum wages using an equilibrium search model which allows for … dispersion of benefits and productivity levels, job-to-job transitions, and structural and frictional unemployment. The … estimation method uses readily available aggregate data on marginal distributions of unemployment durations as well as wages and …

This paper analyzes the effect of unemployment insurance sanctions on the transition rate from unemployment to …­als who started collecting unemployment insurance in the Netherlands in 1992. To deal with the selectivity of the occurrence …

This paper analyzes the effect of unemployment insurance sanctions on the transition rate from unemployment to …­als who started collecting unemployment insurance in the Netherlands in 1992. To deal with the selectivity of the occurrence …

-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 …