This paper provides a critique of the "unemployment invariance hypothesis", according to which the behavior of the … labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity and … the equilibrating mechanisms to ensure unemployment invariance; in particular, other markets may perform part of the …

using the micro-data, this paper shows that this state of non-searching unemployment or discouragement has increased more … some of the jobless with considerable movements between the two categories of unemployment. These findings from the first … unemployment, which includes discouraged workers. In response to these labour market challenges, the government should further …

The paper studies the impact from variations in unemployment on retirement among older workers. We integrate … unemployment variations with early retirement programs and other pathways out of the labor force. The paper describes retirement … unemployment on the retirement decision. Unemployment is found highly significant and quantitatively important for the retirement …

the regional and skill dimension of mismatch unemployment, we find a substantial increase of mismatch unemployment for …

the regional and skill dimension of mismatch unemployment, we find a substantial increase of mismatch unemployment for …

relationship between the unemployment and the job vacancy rate. Using detailed administrative data on vacancies and registered … because mismatch increased substantially. Looking on the regional and skill dimension of mismatch unemployment, we find a … substantial increase of mismatch unemployment for manual routine tasks as well as for the region of Vienna. …

increased flow into unemployment in a recession is mainly due to reduced hirings, and hence lower job-to-job transitions, rather …

unemployment statistics. This paper analyzes microdata on detailed labor force survey responses in Russia, Romania, and Estonia to … employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment of household production … alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia. -- alternative …

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings … indicate that differences in culture explain differences in unemployment duration on the order of 20 %. Moreover, we find that …

standard model of equilibrium unemployment and search in the labor market by the distinction between age specific separation … to this, the unemployment rate in Germany and Japan will rise as a consequence of the increase in the share of elderly … workers. -- Vacancies and Separations ; Unemployment ; Job Creation ; Aging of the Labor Force ; Demographic Change …