This paper evaluates two theories of unemployment: the natural rate theory (whereby unemployment is depicted as … fluctuating around a reasonably stable natural rate) and the chain reaction theory (which views movements in unemployment as the … unemployment not only in the short run, but in the long run as well. The reason is that, in the presence of growing exogenous …

increases in youth unemployment and youth participation in active labor market programs. The impact on unemployment rates by age … and education has been roughly proportional, however. The evolution of employment and unemployment does not offer much … ground for the popular hypothesis that the recent rise in unemployment is driven by large and pervasive shifts in the demand …

to that of the unemployed. We use longitudinal data from the Survey of Employment and Unemployment Patterns (SEUP), which …

There is a considerable body of evidence showing that it is the inflow into unemployment that drives the unemployment … leaving employment and moving to unemployment in the six states of Australia. It is concluded that there is a common cyclical …

Spain has had a serious structural unemployment problem for the last 20 years. This paper argues that the interaction … of firing costs and job-to-job flows added to changes in unemployment benefits, could provide an explanation for … equilibrium unemployment increasing, since 1984. First, we construct a new series of job-to-job flows and show it is significantly …

Spain has had a serious structural unemployment problem for the last 20 years. This paper argues that the interaction … of /ring costs and job-to-job 0ows added to changes in unemployment bene/ts, could provide an explanation for equilibrium … unemployment increasing, since 1984. First, we construct a new series of job-to-job 0ows and show it is signi/cantly trended …

The paper presents a tractable general equilibrium model of search unemployment that incorporates absence from work as …

The paper presents a model that allows a unified analysis of sickness absence and search unemployment. Sickness appears … benefits affect individual decisions on absence and search and the implications for employment, unemployment and …

Between the late 90's and the beginning of the 21st century in Japan the unemployment rate among young people (under … the age of 30) grew from 4.7% in 1993 to 9.8% in 2002. However, the high unemployment rate of young people (9.8%, compared … between the unemployment of young never-married women and the financial situation of their parents, using The Japanese Panel …