employment and unemployment. The empirical analysis is based on propensity score matching methods, obtaining the effects of FTCs … by comparing the future situation of ("treated") unemployed entering into FTCs after a particular unemployment duration … persons entering into FTCs after a certain number of month of unemployment are reasonable. A first counterfactual is never to …

heterogeneity into account. Our results indicate that participation in JCSs increases the unemployment duration mainly due to … leave unemployment quicker than other groups, which results in highly skilled women benefiting from participation. However …, we find no significant impact on post-unemployment employment stability. Our results are robust to allowing for random …

We ask whether sectoral shocks and the subsequent labor reallocation are responsible for unemployment within selected … is linked to unemployment in country specific dynamic models. For Spain, the ADL-model estimation reveals a significant … impact of sectoral reallocation on unemployment that goes beyond usual business cycle patterns. In Italy, there is weaker yet …

the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …

workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …

Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …

, it reduces unemployment by exerting downward pressure on wages. This trade-off is quantitatively assessed using a … bargaining and involuntary unemployment. In the simulations carried out using this model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity … ; tax progressivity ; optimal taxation ; collective wage bargaining ; unemployment ; microsimulation ; computable general …

of labor market reform on unemployment, growth, and welfare. The model has a large number of risk-averse households who … can invest in risk-free physical capital and risky human capital. Unemployed households receive unemployment benefits and … employment effects: the equilibrium unemployment rate has been reduced by approximately 1.1 percentage points from 7.5 to 6 …