previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in unemployment benefits. However, our results also show that some groups, such … demands may contribute to high unemployment. …

interact to determine unemployment by estimating a dynamicpanel model using the system generalized method of moments (GMM). We … well as decreased banking concentration reduce unemployment ifthe level of labour market regulation, union density and …

We examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and unemployment using Swedish regional data. To estimate the … effect of an increase in unemployment insurance (UI) on unemployment we exploit the ceiling on UI benefits. The benefit … find fairly robust evidence suggesting that the actual generosity of UI does matter for regional unemployment. Increases in …

such as unemployment. Previous studies indicate that monetary policy affects the output gap only at business cycle … frequencies, but the effects on unemployment may well be more persistent in countries with highly regulated labor markets. We … study the Swedish experience of unemployment and monetary policy. Using a structural VAR we find that around 30 percent of …

This study investigates the effect of parental unemployment on children’s school performance. We use individual level … data for all children completing lower secondary school in Sweden in 1990 directly moving on to three years of upper … in Swedish unemployment during the beginning of the 1990s provides an ideal setting for testing the hypothesis that …

unemployment among job-seekers. Using exact matching on labour market history and personal characteristics we find positive effects … effect of the length is found on unemployment, employment or wages. Overall, the results suggest that receiving a fixed term … contract reduces the risk of future unemployment, and that a longer contract increases the position within the workplace but …

congestion effect. I use monthly panel data for all local labor markets in Sweden from 1992-2011. The results suggest that … unemployment has a weak positive effect on the probability of filling a vacancy, while the number of vacancies in the local labor …

By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the … early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several … the rise and fall of unemployment. It is argued that the steep rise in unemployment was mainly the result of a series of …

in Sweden. It gives a concise survey of rules of the major retirement schemes covering disability, sickness and … unemployment. Usinglongitudinal micro data from the period between 1992 and 1999, it also studies alternative measures of …