This paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The … they experience relatively less unemployment. We assume that wages are determined by a monopoly union and further that a … of lower unemployment when insiders are decisive in the union than if outsiders were decisive in the union …

the workers into short-term and long-term unemployment. In this economy, the short-term unemployed and long …. The economic variables considered are short-term and long-term unemployment, wages and wage disparity, and the equilibrium … rate of unemployment …

the impact of YUPs on skill division, unemployment distribution workers and aggregate unemployment. …

We analyse the effects active labour market programmes (ALMPs) have on unemployment in a union wage-setting framework … case where ALMPs increase match efficiency of the marginalized workers, and show that ALMPs may increase unemployment. …

, sector division, unemployment and welfare. …

. Furthermore, if the presence of skill-biased technological shocks increase unemployment, this may explain why the market it …-between subsidizing education and thereby reducing unemployment and optimizing welfare may be eliminated. We analyse this issue in a …

unemployment. A higher audit rate has an ambiguous impact on unemployment, and may actually increase the size of the underground …

This paper examines the impact on unemployment, unemployment distribution, wages and welfare of Youth Unemployment …