Unemployment increased drastically over the course of the Great Recession from 4.5 percent prior to the recession to 10 … percent at its peak in October 2009. Since then, the unemployment rate has come down steadily, and it stood at 5.8 percent in … November 2014. Based on existing analyses and some new evidence, this paper establishes that much of the change in unemployment …

Unemployment increased drastically over the course of the Great Recession from 4.5 percent prior to the recession to 10 … percent at its peak in October 2009. Since then, the unemployment rate has come down steadily, and it stood at 5.8 percent in … November 2014. Based on existing analyses and some new evidence, this paper establishes that much of the change in unemployment …

same which knows more the precarious employment, the underemployment and the recurrent unemployment. Moreover, one observes …

In this paper, we consider the impact of displacement (defined as separation from a stable job due to firm closure) on …

The paper presents a stochastic insider-outsider model that accounts for the following stylized facts: (1) unemployment … rates display a high degree of serial correlation, or `persistence'; (2) the average rate of unemployment has been higher in … long-run unemployment rate is independent of the level of productivity and the magnitude of the labour force. The model …

Unemployment insurance schemes face a well-known trade-off between providing income support to those out of work and …

Following the most recent recession, an attempt has been made to explain current levels of unemployment as resulting … from structural unemployment, or a mismatch between the skills of the unemployed and the types of jobs available. The … other will lead to very different policy solutions, it is important to accurately assess the cause of unemployment. This …

a large increase in post-displacement employment in the temporary work sector after the reforms. Sorting into worse … wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post-displacement …

This paper disentangles the complicated relation between wage, unemployment and vacancy. It proves that job creation is …