Germany, as most other European countries, has been plagued by a persistently high level of long-term unemployment … since the early 1980's. In contrast, long-term unemployment is much less of a problem in the United States. One potential … reason for the different structure of unemployment relates to institutional differences in unemployment compensation systems …

us to assess the effect of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and, in a new departure, the impact of …

unemployment rates since 1993 in combination with transition payments for the unemployed to start their own business can explain …

unemployment is a non-monotonic function of the minimum wage level. Effects differ strongly by labour market segment. Cross …

das Resultat der klassischen Arbeitsmarkttheorie, dass gewerkschaftliche Lohnbeeiflussung zu höherer Arbeitslosigkeit … theoretischen Zusammenhang zwischen gewerkschaftlicher Verhandlungsmacht und Arbeitslosigkeit. …

Using a competing-risk framework of exiting unemployment to jobs in a local or a distant labor market area, this paper …

It is commonplace in the debate on Germany’s labor market problems to argue that high unemployment and low wage … dispersion are related. This paper analyses the relationship between unemployment and residual wage dispersion for individuals … unemployment. A competing view regards wage dispersion as the outcome of search frictions and the associated monopsony power of the …

the unemployment spell. This is confirmed by complementary analysis with individual survey data suggesting that online job … search leads to additional formal job interviews after a few months in unemployment. …

combat immigrant unemployment: training, job search assistance, and subsidised public and private sector employment. We find …