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 …

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

reform on wages and unemployment. The simulation results show that general equilibrium wage reactions tend to mitigate labour …

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 …

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

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a first step …, a cointegration analysis of productivity, prices, real wages, employment, and the unemployment rate reveals two long run … display that price, demand, and labor supply shocks affect unemployment significantly in the short/medium run. Interestingly …