We offer a decomposition for the variance of the current unemployment rate that not only measures the contributions of …

We offer a decomposition for the variance of the current unemployment rate that not only measures the contributions of …

the fluctuation of unemployment. The literature measures the importance of a flow such as the proportion of the variance … of long-term or stationary unemployment that is explained by the fluctuation of this component. This result is useful for … analyzing short-term unemployment when long-term unemployment is a good proxy for short-term unemployment. Our contribution was …

the role of business taxation, employment security laws, credit market policies, wage-setting institutions and the size of ….S. industrial distribution as a benchmark that reflects a comparatively neutral set of policies and institutions, Sweden …

most previous studies. This gives more scope for investigating the impact of institutions. Moreover, we use a unique data … are either unwilling or unable to cross. The analysis of the institutions and rules of the game determining the …

most previous studies. This gives more scope for investigating the impact of institutions. Moreover, we use a unique data … are either unwilling or unable to cross. The analysis of the institutions and rules of the game determining the …

economic performance. A characterization of a number of institutions and policy measures shows that they are likely to have …, incentives for wealth accumulation, wage-setting institutions and labor market regulations. Using original data, we provide …

most previous studies. This gives more scope for investigating the impact of institutions. Moreover, we use a unique data … are either unwilling or unable to cross. The analysis of the institutions and rules of the game determining the …

national pension system, wage-setting institutions and the size of the public sector. We characterize these aspects of the … States. Our characterization and international comparisons show that Swedish policies and institutions strongly disfavored … comparatively neutral set of policies and institutions, Sweden's employment distribution in the mid-1980s is sharply tilted away …