firms can explain the relatively high level of unemployment amongstlower educated workers and the relatively strong … level of education can notexplain the stronger cyclicality of the unemployment rate for lower educatedworkers. We conclude …

Recent evaluations of active labor market policies are not very optimistic about their effectiveness to bring … job. This paper uses an administrative dataset from the Slovak Republic on durations of individual unemployment spells …

overly long unemployment durations. We examine the infuence of previous wages on unemployment durations for workers after … observed productivity. -- unemployment ; job search ; overconfidence …

overly long unemployment durations. We examine the infuence of previous wages on unemployment durations for workers after …

This paper uses an administrative dataset to analyze to what extent active labor market policies in the Slovak Republic …-term subsidized jobs seem to be the most efficient active labor market policy. Workers that are or have been on a shortterm subsidized …

than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess time to graduation by paying special attention to labor … market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials and employment protection, and to the funding of tertiary …