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Suppa, Nicolai - 2021

This chapter summarizes the latest state of the art in economic research on unemployment and subjective well …. Topics covered include the estimation of non-pecuniary costs of unemployment, unemployment over time, the role of others …' unemployment, spill-over effects, and re-employment, among others. …

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The economics of walking about and predicting unemployment

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2021

Unemployment is notoriously difficult to predict. In previous studies, once country fixed effects are added to panel … estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries - Austria; Belgium … predict changes in the unemployment rate 12 months in advance based on individuals' fears of unemployment, their perceptions …

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Directed search with phantom vacancies

Albrecht, James W.; Decreuse, Bruno; Vroman, Susan B. - 2020

When vacancies are filled, the ads that were posted are often not withdrawn, creating "phantom" vacancies. The existence of phantoms implies that older job listings are less likely to represent true vacancies than are younger ones. We assume that job seekers direct their search based on the...

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Time use, unemployment, and well-being : an empirical analysis using British time-use data

Hoang, Thi Truong An; Knabe, Andreas - 2019

less time at work outweighs the negative emotional effect of unemployment during leisure episodes, such that the unemployed …

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Informality, public employment and employment protection in developing countries

Yassin, Shaimaa; Langot, François - 2017

This paper proposes an equilibrium matching model for developing countries' labor markets where the interaction between public, formal private and informal private sectors are taken into account. Theoretical analysis shows that gains from reforms aiming at liberalizing formal labor markets can...

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Quantifying the psychological costs of unemployment : the role of permanent income

Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen - 2007

Unemployment causes significant losses in the quality of life. In addition to reducing individual income, it also … show that, without this distinction, the non-pecuniary costs of unemployment are overestimated by roughly one …-third. Nevertheless, the non-pecuniary costs of unemployment with this modified quantification method still amount to 2.3 (1.5) times the …

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Crime and unemployment in Greece : evidence before and during the crisis

Laliotis, Ioannis - In: Economics and Business Letters : EBL 5 (2016) 1, pp. 10-16

This paper explores the relationship between unemployment and crime in Greece before and during the crisis using panel … specific crime categories and male unemployment only during the crisis, a weaker effect of long term unemployment only on the …

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Income support, (un-)employment and well-being

Hetschko, Clemens; Schöb, Ronnie; Wolf, Tobias - 2016

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …

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Labour market expectations and unemployment in Europe

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023

Unemployment is notoriously difficult to predict. In previous studies, once country and year fixed effects are added to … panel estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries collected … just over 10000 observations, we predict changes in the unemployment rate 12 months ahead. We do so using individuals …

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The wage curve after the Great Recession

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex; Spurling, Jackson - 2022

Most economists maintain that the labor market in the United States (and elsewhere) is 'tight' because unemployment … rates are low and the Beveridge Curve (the vacancies-to-unemployment ratio) is high. They infer from this that there is … stagnant for some time. We show that unemployment is not key to understanding wage formation in the USA and hasn't been since …

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