for Objective 1 support occurred in the UK region of Cornwall in 2000, we are able to compare Cornwall's unemployment … for not having received Objective 1 funding. Second, we use Local Authority Districts and compare the unemployment change … unemployment in Cornwall as compared to regions that did not benefit from Objective 1 support. In the second part of the study we …

creation and job destruction for university graduates, compared to other groups of workers. We find that the unemployment rate …

This paper discusses various concepts of unemployment rate benchmarks that are frequently used by policymakers for … particular, we propose two broad categories of unemployment rate benchmarks: (1) a longer-run unemployment rate expected to … prevail after adjusting to business cycle shocks and (2) a stable-price unemployment rate tied to inflationary pressures. We …

Unemployment is notoriously difficult to predict. In previous studies, once country and year fixed effects are added to … panel estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries collected … just over 10000 observations, we predict changes in the unemployment rate 12 months ahead. We do so using individuals …

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a first step …, a cointegration analysis of productivity, prices, real wages, employment, and the unemployment rate reveals two long run … display that price, demand, and labor supply shocks affect unemployment significantly in the short/medium run. Interestingly …