Conventional models of equilibrium unemployment typically imply that proportional taxes on labor earnings are neutral … with respect to unemployment as long as the tax does not affect the replacement rate provided by unemployment insurance, i ….e., unemployment benefits relative to after-tax earnings. When home production is an option, the conventional results may no longer …

This paper uses longitudinal survey data to assess factors affecting the duration of unemployment in Russia. We examine … remarkably similar across the different unemployment definitions and model specifications. Therefore, despite the formidable …

overly long unemployment durations. We examine the infuence of previous wages on unemployment durations for workers after …