unemployment. Micro-founded in a setting where search friction regulates labor market transitions, we derive a migration gravity … equation for bilateral mobility that embodies a co-determined local unemployment term. As a theory of migration, our model ….g. home bias). As a model of unemployment, a migration gravity approach uncovers hitherto under-appreciated interregional …

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 …

We develop a model of directed technology adoption, frictional unemployment, and migration to examine the effects of a … function, an increase in the skill ratio can reduce both the relative unemployment rate and the relative emigration rate (brain …

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 …

With the emergence of the Great Recession unemployment insurance (UI) is once again at the heart of the policy debate … identify potential areas of future research. -- unemployment insurance ; unemployment dynamics ; job search ; labor market …