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We document that fluctuations in part-time employment play a major role in movements in hours per worker, especially during cyclical swings in the labor market. Building on this result, we propose a novel representation of the intensive margin based on a stock-flow framework. The evolution of...
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Diamond (1994) that an individual's probability of leaving unemployment decreases with unemployment duration and increases …
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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 …
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an expected long period of unemployment make a job more valuable during recessions. I estimate the elasticity of the …
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This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for post-unification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of institutions (short-time work, government spending rules)...
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This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for post-unification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of institutions (short-time work, government spending rules)...
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of the unemployment rate and of worker transitions. …
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featured mainly declining unemployment rates. We develop a search and matching model with heterogeneous skills to explore the … role of structural and cyclical policies for this performance. Calibrating unemployment benefits to approximate legislation … before and after the reforms, we find a large reduction in unemployment and its duration, with the transition concluding …
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density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …
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