We develop a model of directed technological change, frictional unemployment and migration to examine the effects of a …, an increase in the skill ratio can reduce the relative unemployment rate of skilled workers and decrease the relative …

Throughout the world, strong dispersions of both regional and national unemployment rates can be observed. The economic … between size and unemployment. Using data from 37 countries, 15 continents and trade areas as well as 496 federal states, we … will demonstrate that larger economic regions tend to have higher unemployment rates. Subsequently, we show that this …

This paper is concerned with the study of the labor market performance of immigrants. The unemployment rate is used as …, probit regressions on the unemployment probabilities are estimated for the pooled crosssection of 1991 and 1995, taking into … account nationality- and gender-specific differences. In a second step, and based on the finding that unemployment rates …

This paper is concerned with the study of the labor market performance of immigrants. The unemployment rate is used as …, probit regressions on the unemployment probabilities are estimated for the pooled crosssection of 1991 and 1995, taking into … account nationality- and gender-specific differences. In a second step, and based on the finding that unemployment rates …