market patterns. Poor match quality among first jobs implies large fluctuations in unemployment due to a responsive job …-the-job search, generates a negative comovement between unemployment and vacancies. A significant job ladder, consistent with the … empirical wage dispersion, provides ample scope for the propagation of vacancies and unemployment …

), we establish that the unemployment rate, the job separation rate, and the job finding rate exhibit a larger response to … of the state dependence in the unemployment rate, 76 percent for the separation rate and 36 percent for the job finding …

This paper examines the link between capital stock and unemployment persistence. An overlapping-generations model with … endogenous labor supply and imperfect competition is presented. It is used to interpret the unusual persistence of unemployment …?s, unemployment continues to be very high. The paper argues that an important part of the explanation lies in the …

unskilled unemployment via consumer demand: longer work hours and higher labor force participation imply higher incomes and less … consumer demand toward unskill-intensive goods. Relative demand for unskilled labor rises and unemployment falls. Finally, we …

The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment benefits … aggregate unemployment rate. Structural estimation using a German micro-data set (SOEP) allows us to discuss the effects of a … recent unemployment benefit reform (Hartz IV). The reform reduced unemployment by only 0.3%. Contrary to general beliefs, we …

The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment benefits … aggregate unemployment rate. Structural estimation using a German micro-data set (SOEP) allows us to discuss the effects of a … recent unemployment benefit reform (Hartz IV). The reform reduced unemployment by only 0.3%. Contrary to general beliefs, we …

global financial markets enables capital owners to invest abroad, thereby fostering unemployment at the extensive industry … margin. Whether a country benefits from FDI in terms of unemployment depends on the respective country's net-FDI, measured as … the difference between in- and outward FDI. The derived FDI and unemployment nexus is tested employing macroeconomic data …

facilitates the analysis of skill-specific institutional changes. A government can influence wages and unemployment of the low … at home and abroad irrespective of their level of skill. -- FDI ; globalization ; search unemployment ; labor market …

In this paper, we aim to provide a comprehensive view of the unemployment dynamics generated by different structural … shocks. We show that the relative contribution of the job finding and separation rates to the unemployment dynamics depends … contribution of the two transition rates to the volatility of unemployment, whereas the search shock implies a disproportionate …