This paper studies the effect of increased immigration in Austria on the unemployment risk of young natives. Austria … from former Yugoslavia). We concentrate on unemployment entry of young male workers, who are supposed to compete most …

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local … comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland. This Röstigraben separates cultural groups, but neither labor markets nor … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings …

longitudinal structure of the Current Population Survey to construct unemployment exit hazards that vary across states, over time …"Nearly two years after the official end of the "Great Recession," the labor market remains historically weak. One … candidate explanation is supply-side effects driven by dramatic expansions of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit durations, to …