also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a …

This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment … in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of … Germany. Our results indicate that separated migrants have a relatively slow reintegration into the labor market. We explain …

Individual labour market transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition from … unemployment to temporary jobs and unobserved determinants of the transition rates. The data contain multiple spells in labour … unemployment and they substantially increase the fraction of unemployed workers who have regular work within a few years after …

negatively selected on unobservables. A beneficial (unemployment-duration reducing) causal effect of internet job search is …

have higher wage dispersion. We also examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and job search. …

50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity … of 2.5; 5) job search intensity for those eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) increases prior to benefit exhaustion …; 6) time devoted to job search is fairly constant regardless of unemployment duration for those who are ineligible for UI …

special system of unemployment assistance. The majority of the non-employed, including those aged 15-59, receive disability …

previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in unemployment benefits. However, our results also show that some groups, such … demands may contribute to high unemployment. …