housing market institutions as well as product market regulation on regional unemployment rate disparities. Using both … national and regional data on unemployment rates for 14 EU countries for the period 1998 to 2009 we find a robust correlation … between centralisation, net replacement rates and regional autonomy with the size of regional unemployment rate disparities …

capacity. In important theoretical approaches it is assumed that this threshold depends on the unemployment rate. If this is … estimated in many empirical studies. Up to now, the connection of regional unemployment with reservation wages has not been … between unemployment and reservation wages." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) …

capacity. In important theoretical approaches it is assumed that this threshold depends on the unemployment rate. If this is … estimated in many empirical studies. Up to now, the connection of regional unemployment with reservation wages has not been … between unemployment and reservation wages." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) …

This paper considers the determinants of regional disparities in unemployment rates for the UK regions at NUTS-II level …. We use a mixture panel data model to describe unemployment differentials between heterogeneous groups of regions. The … results indicate the existence of two clusters of regions in the UK economy, characterised by high and low unemployment rates …

Regional labour markets in the „Great Recession“: The evolution of regional unemployment rates in Germany, France and … explain the spatially unequal development of unemployment rates at the regional level?”. Using a cross-section data-set with … the percentage point increase of regional unemployment rates between 2008 and 2009 as the dependent variable and a set of …

The extent to which an increase in the unemployment rate has an effect on children’s wellbeing is not well understood …. This article provides estimates of the potential impact of an increase in the unemployment rate on behavioural and … unemployment rate leads to an increase in the number of children with behavioural or emotional problems. This finding underscores …

This paper discusses the problem of unemployment in developed countries that faces international labor movement. There … are two types of unemployment. The first traditional type of unemployment exists simply because the common wage rate is …. Thus, this paper investigates the effects of immigration and other policies on the two types of unemployment. …

unemployment benefits, the existence of Active Labour Market Policies, the change in labour demand, segmentation of the labour … market, and unemployment as a queuing phenomenon. We test each of these explanations and find that labour market segmentation …

With around 50% of the urban men between age 15 and 30 unemployed, Ethiopia has one of the highest unemployment rates … worldwide. This paper describes the nature of unemployment among young men in urban Ethiopia. We analyse the determinants of … incidence and duration and find that most variables have the same effect on both. Unemployment is concentrated among relatively …