spell at the time of interview and on all previous spells back to one year before is used to construct unemployment duration … data. Unemployment spells are defined as a series of monthly episodes ending up in a transition to job or out of labour … force, or right-censored. For any unemployment spell recorded at the time of interview, the individual is asked to report on …

unemployment rate and the actual unemployment rate in the country, which is a meaningful indicator of their misperception of labor … model includes: controls for the worker's ability; country-specific fixed effects; the unemployment rate in the region of … residence, which might be the benchmark respondents have in mind when reporting their perception of the national unemployment …

different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose and apply an unconditional inference method that can be … we examine the policy effects of the minimum wage, unemployment benefits and search frictions. …

-cycle migration. In this model unemployment arises from search and matching frictions. We endogenize migration via the unemployed …Recently migration patterns in the euro area changed markedly in response to increasing unemployment disparities. This … reinforced the interest in labor mobility as stabilization tool against the background of heterogeneous labor market conditions …

in response to local productivity shocks. Using a quantitative model with imperfect mobility and sector-specific labor … heterogeneity in Germany's complex interregional linkages. I find that population mobility reduces the magnitude of local employment … production have a much milder effect on employment elasticities. National employment rates are less dependent on mobility with …