This paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The … they experience relatively less unemployment. We assume that wages are determined by a monopoly union and further that a … of lower unemployment when insiders are decisive in the union than if outsiders were decisive in the union. …

This paper examines unemployed workers' willingness to move for work and its relationship with their unemployment … determining individuals' migration willingness, the duration of unemployment does not show any significant effect, even after … exhaustion of unemployment benefits (or when other household members become unemployed) suggests that economic incentives could …

We study the role of preferences in the process of unemployment benefit determination. Perhaps surprisingly, survey … evidence for the UK suggests that both the employed and unemployed wish to see a more generous level of unemployment benefits. …

We present a simple model where unemployment benefits are determined in an economy in which there is endogenous delay … in finding a job so that workers desire insurance against the possibility of unemployment. …

, immigrants are overrepresented in low-wage jobs throughout their U.S. careers, and this overepresentation is most severe for …-wage immigrants possess different kinds of human capital and work in different types of jobs than low-wage natives. Finally, available … data give no indication that immigrants are especially vulnerable to being paid less than the federal minimum wage. …

This paper offers an alternative theory for the increase in unemployment and wage inequality experienced in the U …

The effects on the aggregate unemployment rate of employment-protection provisions has been the subject of considerable … employment security is to increase the efficiency wage but not necessarily to increase unemployment. …

We consider a continuum of unemployed workers ranked according to their unemployment duration. There are two industries … a training cost, which is proportional to his unemployment duration, the training cost being larger in the high …

Most theories of involuntary unemployment predict that the equilibrium wage in the labor market will be greater than … unemployment. …