Using data from the CPS this paper examines the role of birth-country networks on immigrants' unemployment duration … from 2001 to 2013. We find that networks significantly lower unemployment duration for all immigrants. Varying the effect … of networks over duration categories we find that networks are more effective in lowering duration for immigrants …

heterogeneity into account. Our results indicate that participation in JCS increases the unemployment duration mainly due to …-of-events approach, we estimate multivariate discrete time duration models taking selection based on both observed and unobserved … participants leave unemployment quicker than other groups, which results in highly skilled women benefiting from participation …

. Also the re-employment probability and post-unemployment wage are negatively affected. The results for the duration of the …This paper analyzes the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment exits and subsequent labor … lengthen nonemployment spells and decrease time spent in part-time unemployment, and thus result in more full-time unemployment …

On the basis of aggregate data for the early nineties, we analyse the determinants of unemployment duration for laid … Proportional Hazard specification can be too restrictive, leading to an overstatement of the extent of true negative duration … dependence. We conclude that negative duration dependence is largely spurious. We also decompose the time variation of the hazard …

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …We develop a nonparametric instrumental variable approach for the estimation of average treatment effects on hazard …

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …We develop a nonparametric instrumental variable approach for the estimation of average treatment effects on hazard …

We combine micro and macro unemployment duration data to study the effects of the business cycle on the outflow from … differences between the micro and macro unemployment definitions. The results also show to what extent the unemployment duration … unemployment. We allow the cycle to affect individual exit probabilities of unemployed workers as well as the composition of the …

making benefit payments conditional on program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. We evaluate the effect of … Active Labor Market Programs and benefit entitlement on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we … participation. Taken together, this leads to the conclusion that programs prolong unemployment duration for men, but tend to shorten …

We combine micro and macro unemployment duration data to study the effects of the business cycle on the outflow from … differences between the micro and macro unemployment definitions. The results also show to what extent the unemployment duration … unemployment. We allow the cycle to affect individual exit probabilities of unemployed workers as well as the composition of the …

participation in public vocational training significantly decreases unemployment duration or increases employment duration. …This study analyses the effects of public sector sponsored vocational training on individual unemployment and … employment duration in East Germany. The data is taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analysis is …