countries and led to gender convergence in aggregate unemployment rates. In this paper we seek the sources of this recent … of a whole business cycle, i.e. 2000‐2013. We focus on Spain - a country hit hard by unemployment increases in downturns …. Our results indicate that unemployment outs are crucial in understanding changes in unemployment rates in Spain …

countries and led to gender convergence in aggregate unemployment rates. In this paper we seek the sources of this recent … of a whole business cycle, i.e. 2000‐2013. We focus on Spain – a country hit hard by unemployment increases in downturns …. Our results indicate that unemployment outs are crucial in understanding changes in unemployment rates in Spain …

occupation are included. These findings suggest that the observed gender differential primarily reflects systematic differences …

Unemployment insurance is usually found to show negative effects in the transition from unemployment to a new job …. However, the extent to which workers' careers might improve or deteriorate as a result of the unemployment insurance system is … for a dual labour market, such as the market in Spain, where temporary and permanent workers differ with respect to …

and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal …

, women experience longer unemployment and a slightly smaller hourly wage loss after job loss, suggesting that displaced women … trade off job flexibilities to longer job search without widening the gender pay gap. Also, we show that women who are …

women experience longer unemployment durations and comparable hourly wage losses. Displaced expectant mothers experience … female workers come through longer unemployment instead of higher losses in wages. …

In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We … higher than in France, while the job loss rate is much higher, putting Spain half-way between France and the US. This … suggests that while Spain has borne the full cost of its labor market reforms in terms of job precarity, the benefits in terms …