intervention was highly effective in reducing unemployment duration, but also spurred employment instability and withdrawals from …

intervention was highly effective in reducing unemployment duration, but also spurred employment instability and withdrawals from …

effects and lagged unemployment. We also use industrial firm's expectations of future employment, which are also predictive of …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 …

unemployment. Labor market regulations, unemployment benefits, and high levels of public consumption in many European countries …

This paper studies how cognitive and social skills in childhood are related to the duration of unemployment in … from unemployment to employment during an individual’s first unemployment spell. The analysis is based on British cohort …

This paper studies how cognitive and social skills in childhood are related to the duration of unemployment in … from unemployment to employment during an individual’s first unemployment spell. The analysis is based on British cohort …

This study examines individuals' unemployment experiences from the age of 18 up to the age of 35 using a large panel of … administrative records on unemployment related benefit claims of men in the United Kingdom over the past two decades. The main focus … is on the extent to which individuals' unemployment experiences are affected by regional and skill differences, i …

Diamond (1994) that an individual's probability of leaving unemployment decreases with unemployment duration and increases … with economic growth. However, the ranking model of Blanchard and Diamond (1994) makes the further prediction that negative … genuine duration dependence will be stronger the more depressed the labour market. In conflict with this prediction this study …

This article investigates the impact of unemployment on the likelihood of having a first child. Using micro-data from …, West Germany, and the UK (1994-2001). The results highlight weak negative effects of unemployment on family formation among … men, which can be attributed to the inability to financially support a family. Among women, unemployment exerts a positive …

with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …