In this paper the effects of institutional variables on unemployment are reinvestigated for nine OECD countries. The … unemployment may differ across countries, not only in absolute terms but also in terms of sign. The main results are the following … have a hump-shaped or U-shaped relation to the unemployment rate. All things considered, the results make strong …

The aim of this paper is to analyze and estimate salient characteristics of unemployment dynamics. Movements in … unemployment are viewed as "chain reactions" of responses to labor market shocks, working their way through systems of interacting … lagged adjustment processes. In the context of estimated labor market systems for Germany, the UK, and the US, we construct …

The aim of this paper is to analyze and estimate salient characteristics of unemployment dynamics. Movements in … unemployment are viewed as "chain reactions" of responses to labour market shocks, working their way through systems of interacting … lagged adjustment processes. In the context of estimated labour market systems for Germany, the UK, and the US, we construct …

Seit ihrem Höhepunkt im Februar 2005 sank die Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland innerhalb von drei Jahren von 5 …The number of unemployed workers in Germany decreased dramatically from its peak in February 2005 at over 5.2 million … this episode assume that a worker leaving unemployment moves into full employment. We ask where the unemployed actually …

The aim of this paper is to analyze and estimate salient characteristics of unemployment dynamics. Movements in … unemployment are viewed as "chain reactions" of responses to labor market shocks, working their way through systems of interacting … lagged adjustment processes. In the context of estimated labor market systems for Germany, the UK, and the US, we construct …

Arbeitsmärkte und die öffentlichen Finanzen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Zur Abschä t - zung des Migrationspotentials nach der …The goal of this study is to examine the consequences of EU enlargement and the free movement of labour on Germany. To …

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

for immigrants than for natives: a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 0.61 and 0 …