In this paper, we quantify the contribution of labor market reforms to unemployment dynamics in nine OECD countries … dynamic stochastic search-matching model with heterogeneous workers, where aggregate shocks to productivity fuel up the cycle … the heterogeneous-worker mechanism proposed by Robin (2011) to explain unemployment volatility by productivity shocks …

By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the … early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several … the rise and fall of unemployment. It is argued that the steep rise in unemployment was mainly the result of a series of …

are important advantages of focusing on a broader set of labor market outcomes, and not only on the unemployment rate …

This paper studies the effect of two labor market institutions, unemployment insurance (UI) and job search assistance … search unemployment, skill depreciation during unemployment, and idiosyncratic as well as aggregate labor market risk. The …

This paper analyzes the role of labor market institutions for youth unemployment, as contrasted to total unemployment … high effect of employment protection for regular jobs on youth unemployment. In addition, the combined effects of powerful … establishes significant labor supply effects and effects of the education system on youth and total unemployment. …

This paper studies the effect of two labor market institutions, unemployment insurance (UI) and job search assistance … search unemployment, skill depreciation during unemployment, and idiosyncratic as well as aggregate labor market risk. The …

to that of the French economy. We then develop a multi-sectorial search and matching model with endogenous occupational …

this reform process. Macedonia is the country in Europe with one of the highest unemployment rates and a very large … incidence of long-term unemployment. A third area of discussion in the paper is, therefore, the development and implementation … the stylized facts of Macedonian unemployment. …