This paper points out an empirical failing of real business cycle models in which unemployment is endogenized through a … matching function. One can easily choose a calibration to make the cyclical fluctuation in unemployment as large in the model … as it is in the data, or to make the response of unemployment to a change in the unemployment benefit as small in the …

The unemployment rate in Germany after reaching a peak of 12.1% in 2005 began to decline steadily, and the improvement …

effects of job losses and reduction of unemployment, as well as the ... …

of losing a job and reduce the period of unemployment. The aim of this paper is to describe the essence and potential of …

The purpose of the article was a space-time analysis of the unemployment rate in polish poviats. In the research we use … unemployment rate registered in Poland at the end of the years 2004-2009. In the first part the unemployment rate was analyzed for …