members are enrolled in the Program for Unemployed Heads of Households in Argentina. Based on a sample of pooled household …

-Samuelson logic is that trade affects relative factor rewards by changing relative prices. Since in Argentina non-skilled labor was … of opening up of the Argentine economy nor it could be expected to be a big loser. So, the huge unemployment experienced …. This paper gives some reasons for this unexpected result. In Argentina, trade liberalization meant mainly import …

This paper evaluates the unemployment duration and labor mobility using data from the household surveys provided by the … main determinants of labor mobility and unemployment duration, two of the main problems that labor markets present …. Unemployment duration is studied in terms of welfare and its determinants by applying stochastic dominance and econometric …

After a decade of structural reforms, unemployment rates have tripled in Argentina. This paper is concerned with the … unemployment risk and develop a methodolgy to do that. Our estimates for Argentina show that, though the typical unemployment spell … measurement of unemployment risk and its distribution. We show the importance of considering re-incidence in the measurement of …

After a decade of structural reforms, unemployment rates have tripled in Argentina. This paper is concerned with the … unemployment risk and develop a methodolgy to do that. Our estimates for Argentina show that, though the typical unemployment spell … measurement of unemployment risk and its distribution. We show the importance of considering re-incidence in the measurement of …

Using longitudinal data for Argentina, we estimate the labor supply reaction of spouses and children to their husband …, coverage of social security does not provide enough support in coping with unemployment shocks. Instead, we find that mothers …

In 2001-02, Argentina experienced a wrenching economic crisis. Plan Jefes, implemented in May 2002, was Argentina …'s institutional response to the increase in unemployment and poverty triggered by the crisis. The program provided a social safety net … participating in Plan Jefes on the probability of exiting from unemployment. Regardless of the data set, the specification and the …