changes. While employment and welfare increase in most countries, some experience higher unemployment and lower welfare. Labor …

The Spanish economy is currently plagued by a deep recession with very high unemployment. We ask how much of the … unemployment increase in Spain can be traced back to the debt deleveraging needs of Spanish households. We use provincial household … debt and sectoral unemployment data and follow Mian and Sufi (2012) to isolate the effect of household debt on Spanish …

While many commentators perceive unemployment to be a key risk factor for intimate partner violence, the empirical … estimate the effects of total and gender-specific unemployment rates on domestic violence. The analysis uses the substantial … variation in the increase in unemployment across areas, gender, and age-groups associated with the onset of the latest recession …

unemployment benefits on the other reduce unemployment? Using the recent labour market reform in Germany we find that an improved … agency explains substantial part of the observed post-reform unemployment decline: 34%. If disincentive effects of the agency … discussed unemployment benefits. …