U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework … modelling involuntary unemployment, thus applicable to the German case.Moreover, despite the clearcut implications of the flip …-side hypothesis, involuntary unemployment also concerns the case ofthe U.S., where at least in the shorter run unemployment always …

This work analyzes the saving and consumption behavior of agents faced with the possibility of unemployment in a … uses Markov probabilities where the probability for the next employment status of the agent depends on the current status …Diese Arbeit modelliert das Spar- und Konsumverhalten von Individuen in Deutschland mit einem Lebenszyklusmodell. Dabei …

employment is ambiguous in the model. Simulations show that there are cases when reduction of the unemployment benefits … unemployed worker finds a job or not, but is observed only if a worker fails to find employment.It is shown that changes in the … the one hand, lower reservation wages reduce unemployment duration, but on the other hand, agents have shorter spells of …

analyzed. First, the impact of a particular policy (low-wage subsidies) on skill formation, aggregate employment and welfare is …

policies for the welfare state are analysed: Unemployment accounts, employment subsidies and flexicurity. Finally, a new …

, this dissertation proposes to examine the changes inwage, employment, and occupation structure that take place when an NIC … arrangement, which resulted inan increasingly unbalanced labor market in terms of wage distribution, unemployment,and occupation … ismuch less than that of traditional labor intensive manufacturing, resulting in Taiwan’sincreasing unemployment problem …

the 1990-2004 period affect unemployment as well as the employment and average wages of workers in different sectors of … the average wage and a reduction in employment of -0.46%. There is evidence that increases in the private sector minimum … minimum wage may increase unemployment (although the estimates arenot robust). There are no discernable effects of minimum …