sector in a model of equilibrium unemployment. We find that higher firing costs may even reduce temporary work agency …

In theoretical literature, the effects of employment protection on unemployment are ambiguous. Higher employment … can unambiguously increase unemployment. Interestingly, I find that tightening the restrictions on redundancies and …

In theoretical literature, the effects of employment protection on unemployment are ambiguous. Higher employment … can unambiguously increase unemployment. Interestingly, I find that tightening the restrictions on redundancies and …

This paper investigates the effects of using dismissal taxes to finance unemployment benefits. We compare dismissal and … account the effects their dismissal decisions have on others. By introducing dismissal taxes to finance unemployment insurance …, these externalities can partly be internalized. Taking into account the budget of the unemployment insurance, employment …

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 …

fighting unemployment, increasing the level of severance payments can increase employment for small judicial mistakes and …

on their interactions with the profile of unemployment benefits and with active labor market programs. …

labor market, we simulate the effects of this reform on unemployment, employment, and welfare. We estimate that the CNE will …

on their interactions with the profile of unemployment benefits and with active labor market programs. -- unemployment … ; search-matching equilibrium ; wage bargaining ; reductions of social security contributions ; unemployment insurance ; labor …

on their interactions with the profile of unemployment benefits and with active labor market programs …