predominantly focuses on labor market outcomes. By highlighting the interaction between networks and job search choices the paper …Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the role of social networks on the job search choices of the unemployed. If social … networks convey useful information in the job search process, individuals with larger networks should experience a higher …

Evaluation Dataset, a recently collected survey of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany. The data include … unemployment entry. Research limitations/implications – The findings offer interesting perspectives, e.g. with regard to the design … and targeting of active labor market policy. It may be reasonable to specifically focus on less risk averse individuals …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of financial crises on the youth unemployment rate (YUR … unemployment. The inclusion of many control variables – including in particular GDP growth – does not change the sign and …‐to‐work transition institutions are particularly needed to reduce the risk of persistence and structural (long‐term) unemployment, since …

approach that discusses the effects of two major active labor market programs; empirical test using a large administrative data … who found a job immediately afterwards have the same employment rates. Practical implications – Firms value training on a … subsidized job as much as formal training programs. Originality/value – The paper presents a model that draws attention to the …

the LKAB mines in northern Sweden in 1983. Design/methodology/approach – These workers not only experienced job loss, but … status, earnings, education etc.), the authors follow those affected until 1999, comparing their experiences with the …‐term effects for the displaced shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher …

Labor Force Survey (LFS). Findings – Results show that a negative residual welfare gap exists and that it is mainly driven … receive unemployment benefits than natives, consistent with findings in other countries. These findings hold, regardless of … immigrants are less likely to receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits than natives. However, once cohort of arrival is …

The results of a study of long‐term unemployment based on a survey in County Durham are presented. It was found that … the long‐term unemployed do not lack motivation to get a job or impose unreasonable restrictions on, for example, the kind … of job they would take or the minimum acceptable pay. There was some evidence that the longer‐duration unemployed tended …

The article assesses the direct and indirect impact of a major redundancy on local unemployment. The extent of these … market adjustment and, therefore, reduced both the direct and indirect effects of the redundancy on unemployment. The data …

Ireland, individuals in higher unemployment areas made greater use of job centres. All of the results were duration …‐related: the probability and intensity of job search fell with the duration of unemployment; the reliance on job centres increased …The Labour Force Survey is a rich data source for investigation of the factors influencing unemployment. The initial …

unemployment would increase along with the real wages of low paid workers.  …