In this paper we analyze the relationship between unemployment and consumption. We study this relationship with panel … empirical results indicate that an increase in the duration of unemployment spells of male household heads is associated with … Mediterranean, provide a fundamental source of insurance against unemployment in southern Europe. …

. Moreover, they have also experienced a deterioration in their employment and earnings over the last three decades. In this … paper, we document this evolution and adopt a longitudinal approach to show that employment and earnings losses suffered by …

. Moreover, they have also experienced a deterioration in their employment and earnings over the last three decades. In this … paper, we document this evolution and adopt a longitudinal approach to show that employment and earnings losses suffered by …

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …