Over the past several decades, the rate at which regular unemployment insurance recipients run out of benefits before … recipients exhausted their benefits; in 2007 (with a similar unemployment rate) 35.6 percent exhausted. This paper documents the … increase in the exhaustion rate, along with the parallel rise in long-term unemployment; examines the consequences; and reviews …

We empirically investigate how two-tier unemployment compensation schemes affect the profile of re-employment hazards …-employment hazard. Our results indicate that two-tier unemployment compensation schemes might create a long-term unemployment trap: If … employers rank applicants by their duration in unemployment, incentivizing all job seekers to exert higher search efforts may …

-based data set covering the period 1981-1990. The analysis is performed by estimation of reduced form transition models, the … unemployment and labour market exclusion. The main findings of the study are that low levels of education and working experience … unemployment and nonparticipation. There is also evidence of budget constraints that eventually lead to decreasing reservation …

set covering the period 1981-1990. The analysis is performed by estimation of reduced form transition models, the … unemployment and labor market exclusion. The main findings of the study are that low levels of education and working experience are … variables are not important. There is indirect evidence of psychological damaging and/or stigma effects of unemployment and …

market flows and reduce unemployment duration. Without attempting to evaluate the specific components of these Hartz reforms …, in speeding up the matching process between unemployed and vacant jobs. The analysis is conceptually rooted in the flow …-based view underlying the reforms, estimating the structural features of the matching process. The results indicate that the …

Subjective well-being is primarily treated as an outcome variable in the economic literature. However, is happiness … also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a … optimal level of happiness, which is not necessarily the highest. -- unemployment ; job search ; happiness ; reemployment …

heterogeneity into account.Our results indicate that participation in JCS increases the unemployment duration mainly due to profound … leave unemployment quicker than other groups, which results in highly skilled women benefiting from participation. However …, we find no significant impact on post-unemployment employment stability. Our results are robust to allowing for random …

heterogeneity into account. Our results indicate that participation in JCSs increases the unemployment duration mainly due to … leave unemployment quicker than other groups, which results in highly skilled women benefiting from participation. However …, we find no significant impact on post-unemployment employment stability. Our results are robust to allowing for random …