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 …

support system centered on unemployment insurance, complemented with additional mechanisms to provide effective income support …

market policy. We analyze its causal effects on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment by exploiting …-parametric identification. The data cover the population and include multiple unemployment spells for many individuals. The results indicate a … diminishes after some weeks. When taking account of the time spent in the program, the effect on the mean unemployment duration …

unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …

shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison …

endogenous unemployment and wages. This means that the government needs to consider the effects on wages and unemployment when … designing the optimal tax function. The tax systems' effects on the wage formation and the unemployment rates result in new … marginal tax rates to raise the unemployment rate for the high-skilled and lower it for the low-skilled workers. …

analyze changes in literacy skills for individuals as a function of time out of work. In general, we find statistically strong … evidence on a negative relationship between work interruptions and skills. Our analysis suggests that depreciation of general … (literacy) skills is economically significant. Our estimates imply that a full year of non-employment is associated with skill …