We study the long-run effects of initial labor market conditions on wages for a large sample of male individuals … entering the Austrian labor market between 1978 and 2000. We find a robust negative effect of unfavorable entry conditions on … on lifetime earnings result. We also show that initial labor market conditions have smaller and less persistent effects …

We analyze differences in unemployment between natives and immigrants over the business cycle. Using matched employer …-employee data for Austria, we find that immigrants' unemployment rate and flows into and out of unemployment are significantly more … sensitive to labor market shocks than those of comparable natives. This is particularly true for immigrants from outside the …

It is frequently argued that unemployment plays a crucial role for the occurrence of right- wing extremist crimes. We … unemployment is high. The big difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to … differences in unemployment. This finding reinforces the importance of unemployment as an explanatory factor for right-wing crime …

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empir- ical analysis is based on local … comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland. This Röstigraben separates cultural groups, but neither labor markets nor … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings …

public social expenditures and a high unemployment rate are associated with a small positive (or no) immediate impact on …

effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these … workers are more likely unemployed, and a growing share of them leaves the labor market via disability retirement. Those … workers who are typically less attached to the labor market. …