Similar to numerous other European countries, Germany's unemployment policy went through a paradigm shift towards … inference of sanction enforcements on unemployment exit hazards. Based on a novel survey sample, covering the first three years … entrance, but also on leaving the labor market. -- unemployment benefit sanctions ; unemployment duration ; employment ; non …

While the unemployment rate in the Baltics has fallen sharply from its crisis-peaks, it remains close to double digits …. Our main findings are that the current still elevated levels of unemployment mostly reflect structural factors. We then … turn to why structural unemployment is so high. This paper points to skill mismatches, high tax wedges, and unemployment …

This paper develops a sufficient-statistic formula for the unemployment gap-the difference between the actual … unemployment rate and the efficient unemployment rate. While lowering unemployment puts more people into work, it forces firms to … post more vacancies and to devote more resources to recruiting. This unemployment-vacancy tradeoff, governed by the …

consequences of displacement for other aspects of job quality. Results suggest that the cost of involuntary job loss is important … getting back to work and their new jobs tend to be of lower quality than their pre-displacement jobs along a number dimensions …

-tenure displaced workers experience earnings losses due to reduced income during unemployment following displacement. However, unlike … indicates that job losers with 5 or more years of job tenure constitute about 5% of unemployment and 15-20% of permanent job … enhanced EI benefits for those who suffer greatly from job loss. Since most loss from displacement occurs after reemployment …

, leading in turn to higher, not lower, unemployment, And, even if unemployment comes down, workers may actually be worse off …, going through many spells of unemployment and fixed duration jobs, before obtaining a regular job. Looking at French data … substantial reduction in unemployment duration. If anything, their effect on the welfare of young workers appears to have been …

properties of employment and unemployment equilibrium. Second, it applies the model to the study of employment fluctuations and … to the explanation of differences in unemployment rates in industrialized countries. The search and matching model is … unemployment and of jobs out of the market (the ‘job destruction’ flow). Steady-state equilibrium is at the point where the two …

This paper shows empirically that the non-employment effects of unemployment insurance (UI) for older workers depend in … difficult-to-explain trends in the unemployment rate of older German workers …