Not only the level of aggregate unemployment but also the properties of its dynamics are an important topic in … asymmetric pattern in the evolution of unemployment, whereas linear models with Gaussian innovations preclude such dynamics. This … paper applies several tests for asymmetry to aggregate British, German and US unemployment data to assess the relevance of …

New automation technologies affect workers in a heterogeneous manner according to their demographic characteristics …, skills, and the tasks they perform. In this paper we study the effects of automation on labor market outcomes in a developing … country, Chile. We focus our analysis on the heterogeneous impacts of automation across cohorts. Does automation affect young …

. We show that ERTEs stabilize unemployment rates by allowing workers to remain with their employers in highly affected …

. We show that ERTEs stabilize unemployment rates by allowing workers to remain with their employers in highly affected …

minimum wage causes more unemployment, but also leads to more skill formation as unemployment is concentrated on low … gains of more skill formation outweigh the social welfare losses of increased unemployment. Using a highly conservative …

-skilled unemployment. Yet, empirical evidence on their effectiveness is scarce. In this paper, we use Belgian administrative data to … exact matching. Our findings indicate that such subsidies can be effective in reducing unemployment and inactivity, but only …