individual has been unemployed for 10 months, pointing to the existence of an unemployment stigma for Germany. The results are … evidence for an unemployment stigma determined by the contract type. …

in their employment histories, and that falling into nonemployment seems to be a more transitory phenomenon for displaced …

remedy for structural unemployment - will have little effect on overall employment. …Following the most recent recession, an attempt has been made to explain current levels of unemployment as resulting … from structural unemployment, or a mismatch between the skills of the unemployed and the types of jobs available. The …

Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects …, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment … costeffective and efficient means of reducing unemployment, during both periods of economic stability and recovery. …

education shows positive effects for the unemployed with respect to both the employment probability and wages. To explain the …

development is associated with increasing re-employment wages and job stability. Taken together, our findings imply a trade off … on the job finding rate but we find mixed effects in terms of post-unemployment wages. …