increases in youth unemployment and youth participation in active labor market programs. The impact on unemployment rates by age … and education has been roughly proportional, however. The evolution of employment and unemployment does not offer much … ground for the popular hypothesis that the recent rise in unemployment is driven by large and pervasive shifts in the demand …

Are there any differences in how men and women fare from unemployment in terms of the wages they receive on a new job … experience unemployment will suffer a reduction of subsequent wages while no such effect could be found for women. These findings … unemployment duration was rather short, which may have prevented general capital from depreciating. However, the presence of large …

education shows positive effects for the unemployed with respect to both the employment probability and wages. To explain the …

, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this … treatment effects were positive - wages are predicted to increase, as are the employment rates of the treated. The equilibrium …

skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation …

This paper focuses on the ability of the labor market to correctly match heterogeneous workers to jobs within a given … evidence that openness improves the matching between workers and firms in industries with greater comparative advantage. This …

matching between workers and firms in export-oriented industries. Changes that reduce the cost of imports have an ambiguous …