rate) and unemployment in Japan for the period between 1972 and 2002. We find that, although Japan’s unemployment rate has … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …

Unemployment rates appear to vary widely at a subregional (e.g., local or provincial) level. Using spatial econometric … models for spatial autocorrelation, this paper focuses attention on the spatial structure of regional unemployment … of unemployment in the 103 provinces of Italy for the years 1998 and 2003. The results suggest that there is a clear …

unemployment when taking place in industries characterized by low skilled wage rigidity. Thus, in terms of unemployment, not …

We develop a model of directed technological change, frictional unemployment and migration to examine the effects of a …, an increase in the skill ratio can reduce the relative unemployment rate of skilled workers and decrease the relative …

We study optimal government spending in a business cycle model with frictional unemployment. The Ramsey optimal policy …

offset by widespread poverty and lack of unemployment insurance, leading to overall faster transitions in low income …