involve low labor market adjustment, became increasingly vertical in nature and might thus entail labor market disruptions … labor market indicators in European countries, with a focus on vertical intra-industry trade. As the results show, neither … structural unemployment is concerned, the latter increases only with the degree of countries' specialization on capital …

overly long unemployment durations. We examine the infuence of previous wages on unemployment durations for workers after …

Eastern Europe has played an important role in this development. The derived labor market consequences are not fully clear so … market might be somewhat negatively affected by the East enlargement of the EU, the German labor market will not. …

than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess time to graduation by paying special attention to labor … market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials and employment protection, and to the funding of tertiary …

The potential duration of benefits is generally viewed as an important determinant of unemployment duration. This paper … evaluates a unique policy change that prolonged entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum of 209 … program was an endogenous policy response to a crisis affecting individuals with severe labor market problems. The main …

This paper investigates the effectiveness of benefit sanctions in reducing unemployment duration. Data from the Swiss … labor market allow making a distinction between the effect of a warning that a person is not complying with eligibility … positive effect on the exit rate out of unemployment. Moreover, the stricter the sanction policy the shorter is the duration of …