overly long unemployment durations. We examine the infuence of previous wages on unemployment durations for workers after … parts of workers' wages. If workers can only imperfectly observe the extent of firm rents in their wages, they might be … exogenous lay-offs and, using Austrian administrative data, we find that younger workers are, in fact, unemployed longer if they …

curve shifts between 1960 and 2000. A reduction in matching efficiency, that depressed unemployment outflows, shifted the … by changes in the eagerness of workers to switch jobs. We argue that, while the Beveridge curve is a useful tool for … relating unemployment and vacancies to inflation, the link between these labor market indicators and inflation depends on …

This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment-its propagation mechanism and socioeconomic costs. It identifies a … mechanism and the existing pecuniary and nonpecuniary costs of unemployment suggests a fundamental shift in the policy responses … effects of unemployment. The paper discusses several preventative features of the program. …

closings, which was borne out by data from the Displaced Workers Survey (DWS). In this paper, we take advantage of many more … asymmetric information, we make use of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 which induced employers to lay of protected workers in mass …

older workers. … Jewish workers in Israel over the 13-year time period, 1983-1995. Work histories are constructed from a new joint database … National Insurance Institute. The paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender …