traditional predictors of poor labour market outcomes (e.g. education and school dropout status), we find a strong concentration …

data are used to estimate the relationship between the incidence and duration of sick leave and subsequent unemployment … is associated with higher risk of unemployment. Women have a significantly higher risk then men of unemployment …

This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which … unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain …-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are viewed as the outcome of the interplay between labor market shocks and prolonged …

instantaneous features of participation such as, perhaps, the adoption of a more rigorous daily routine. Unemployment benefits …

Previous research suggests that there are substantial interactions between the unemployment insurance (UI) and the … benefits. This paper examines whether these interactions affect the transition rate from unemployment to employment. To study …

This paper examines the incentive effects caused by the interactions between unemployment insurance (UI) and sickness …

This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain … reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor markets adjustment processes, (b) the … growth drivers. Estimating a system of labor market equations for a panel of EU countries, we derive the dynamic unemployment …

employment status affects both the level and the persistence of unemployment and numerically that these effects are substantial … to explain the high and persistent European unemployment. …