This paper provides a critique of the "unemployment invariance hypothesis," according to which the behavior of the … labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … equilibrating mechanisms to ensure unemployment invariance and that other markets may perform part of the equilibrating process as …

Unemployment insurance systems include monitoring of unemployed workers and punitive sanctions if job search …

This paper indicates that East Germany’s unemployment originates primarily in the labor market, caused by the fast wage …

in more detail labour flexibility, namely labour market flows, long-term unemployment and labour force deprivation. The … third part addresses wage flexibility and relative wages, with special attention paid to regional unemployment elasticity of … labour mobility, labour deprivation due to long-term unemployment, skill mismatch and emerging signs of inflexibility in wage …

This paper provides a critique of the ``unemployment invariance hypothesis,'' according to which the behavior of the … labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … the equilibrating mechanisms to ensure unemployment invariance; in particular, other markets may perform part of the …

This paper offers an alternative theory for the increase in unemployment and wage inequality experienced in the U …

This paper provides evidence on the behavior of reservation wages over the spell of unemployment using high … to 24 weeks, we find that self‐reported reservation wages decline at a modest rate over the spell of unemployment, with … point estimates ranging from 0.05 to 0.14 percent per week of unemployment. The decline in reservation wages is driven …

shows that a higher minimum wage may reduce unemployment. …

This paper analyzes the influence of unemployment on occupational reinsertion, specifically on the wage earned by the … workers who transitioned from unemployment to being employed. Using sample data from Monthly Employment Survey (PME, 2000 … unemployment and wage loss. The results show a heterogeneous chance to remain unemployed, in favor, mainly, of less qualified …