On the basis of aggregate data for the early nineties, we analyse the determinants of unemployment duration for laid … Proportional Hazard specification can be too restrictive, leading to an overstatement of the extent of true negative duration … dependence. We conclude that negative duration dependence is largely spurious. We also decompose the time variation of the hazard …

On the basis of aggregate data for the early nineties, we analyse the determinants of unemployment duration for laid … Proportional Hazard specification can be too restrictive, leading to an overstatement of the extent of true negative duration … dependence. We conclude that negative duration dependence is largely spurious. We also decompose the time variation of the hazard …

transition out of unemployment. We show that rationing of the demand for training increases theunemployment duration of non …

of transition from unemployment. We propose a "control function" estimator accounting for variable treatment effects. In …

flow data out of unemployment containing information on the level of educational attainment of the worker, but not on the …

between unemployed workers and vacancies. Based on a “timing-of-events” approach to control for selective participation, this …

intervention was highly effective in reducing unemployment duration, but also spurred employment instability and withdrawals from …

intervention was highly effective in reducing unemployment duration, but also spurred employment instability and withdrawals from …

transition out of unemployment. We show that rationing of the demand for training increases theunemployment duration of non …

typical job search monitoring scheme in unemployment insurance (UI) and acknowledges that search effort and requirements are …We build and estimate a non-stationary structural job search model that incorporates the main stylized features of a … measured imperfectly. Based on Belgian data, monitoring is found to affect search behavior only weakly, because (i) assessments …