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Duration dependence in the exit rate out of unemployment in Belgium : is it true or spurious?
Cockx, Bart; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2002
On the basis of aggregate data for the early nineties, we analyse the determinants of unemployment duration for laid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414842
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Vocational training : does it speed up the transition rate out of unemployment?
Cockx, Bart; Bardoulat, Isabelle - 2000
transition out of unemployment. We show that rationing of the demand for training increases theunemployment duration of non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303322
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Unemployment in the European Union : a dynamic reappraisal
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which … unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain …-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are viewed as the outcome of the interplay between labor market shocks and prolonged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412080
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Scars of recessions in a rigid labor market
Cockx, Bart; Ghirelli, Corinna - 2015
We study the impact of graduating in a recession in Flanders (Belgium), i.e. in a rigid labor market. In the presence of a high minimum wage, a typical recession hardly influences the hourly wage of low educated men, but reduces working time and earnings by about 4.5% up to twelve years after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491732
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Scars of recessions in a rigid labor market
Cockx, Bart; Ghirelli, Corinna - 2015
We study the impact of graduating in a recession in Flanders (Belgium), i.e. in a rigid labor market. In the presence of a high minimum wage, a typical recession hardly influences the hourly wage of low educated men, but reduces working time and earnings by about 4.5% up to twelve years after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488823
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Unemployment in the European Union : institutions, prices, and growth : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, June 2004
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - 2004
This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain … reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the … growth drivers. Estimating a system of labor market equations for a panel of EU countries, we derive the dynamic unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450238
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The effects of productivity and benefits on unemployment : breaking the link
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Kohlbrecher, Britta; Merkl, Christian - 2017
quantitative effects of (i) aggregate productivity shocks on unemployment and (ii) unemployment benefits on unemployment. This … model, unemployment benefits affect households' behavior directly, without having to run via the bargained wage. A … effect of benefits on unemployment. Our analysis shows the importance of investigating the effects of policies on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625891
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Anatomy of policy complementarities
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the … disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the political difficulties in implementing more … implement broad-based reform strategies. Our analysis suggests that major unemployment policies are characterised by economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295418
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The effects of productivity and benefits on unemployment : breaking the link
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Kohlbrecher, Britta; Merkl, Christian - 2017
quantitative effects of (i) aggregate productivity shocks on unemployment and (ii) unemployment benefits on unemployment. This … model, unemployment benefits affect households' behavior directly, without having to run via the bargained wage. A … effect of benefits on unemployment. Our analysis shows the importance of investigating the effects of policies on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111816
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Adjustment dynamics and the natural rate : an account of UK unemployment
Henry, S. G. B.; Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
This paper challenges what is the standard account of UK unemployment, namely that the major swings in unemployment … over the past 25 years are due predominantly to movements in the underlying empirical “natural rate of unemployment” (NRU … unemployment are due, instead, to very prolonged after-effects of persistent (transitory but long-lasting) shocks. We argue that (a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313937