This paper provides an overview of the hysteresis phenomenon in economics. After a brief formal statement the origins of this principle are outlined. Hysteresis in economic relationships is then discussed with special reference to industrial economics in an international setting and to labour...

According to recent and largely untested theories, unemployment benefits (UBs) could improve the extent and quality of job reallocation even at the cost of increasing unemployment. Using yearly panel data from a large number of countries, we evaluate empirically the relationship between...