interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market … performance. Our analysis has two special features. First, apart from the two labour market states - employment and unemployment … that a shock to the net flow from unemployment to employment drive the unemployment rate and the participation rate in …

This paper studies the relationship between the change in the unemployment rate and output growth using an approach …

This paper indicates that East Germany's unemployment originates primarily in the labor market, caused by the fast wage … traps. -- Unemployment ; labor market trap ; East Germany …

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 …

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 …

This paper addresses the question of why high unemployment rates tend to persist even after their proximate causes have …

This paper addresses the question of why prolonged regional unemployment differentials tend to persist even after their … proximate causes have been reversed (e.g., after wages in the highunemployment regions have fallen relative to those in the low-unemployment …

This paper addresses the question of why prolonged regional unemployment differentials tend to persist even after their … proximate causes have been reversed (e.g., after wages in the highunemployment regions have fallen relative to those in the low-unemployment …