The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation … – which is rarely directly measured – even if native and foreign labor are perfect substitutes in production. This paper uses … two natural quasi-experiments to directly compare foreign to native labor supply in manual farm work. The first quasi …

using data from the labor market. We estimate the quot;excess sensitivityquot; of job search behavior to cash-on-hand using … sharp discontinuities in eligibility for severance pay and extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in Austria …

using data from the labor market. We estimate the "excess sensitivity" of job search behavior to cash-on-hand using sharp … discontinuities in eligibility for severance pay and extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in Austria. Analyzing data for over …

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 …