We investigate the remarkably short unemployment spells in the Czech Republic compared to Slovakia and other Central … and East European economies. We estimate hazard functions and find that 40 to 50 percent of the difference in unemployment … unemployment compensation system has a moderately negative effect on the exit rate from unemployment. Policy makers hence have …

In this paper we evaluate the part played by the unemployment compensation systems (UCS) in the generally high … unemployment rates experienced in the transition and we provide an explanation for the differences in the performances of the Czech … variables on the probability that an individual leaves unemployment in a given week (a hazard function) in each republic. We …

We examine long-term implications of unemployment for material conditions and well-being using the Polish sample from … to examine their correlation with unemployment at the time of the transition. We find that becoming unemployed in the … confirm the causal effect of unemployment on income and house ownership 20 years later, but find no evidence for a long …

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 …

. Additional results, however, suggest that female and highly skilled participants leave unemployment quicker than other groups …

Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing … unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy reforms. The alternative view is that the slow recovery of the … economy is due to cyclic reasons coming from lack of demand which prevents unemployment from falling quickly. Knowing whether …

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … relative attractiveness of vacancy referrals increases over the time spent in unemployment. Overall, around 9% of sickness …

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … relative attractiveness of vacancy referrals increases over the time spent in unemployment. Overall, around 9% of sickness …