-tradable sector and features unemployment in general equilibrium. Firms in both sectors use labour and an imported polluting factor of … production ("energy"). A tax on energy, recycled to reduce the payroll tax, will in general affect equilibrium unemployment in …

This paper is concerned with social interactions and their importance for unemployment. A theoretical model is … specified in which the psychological costs of unemployment depend upon the unemployment level. The analysis reveals social … multiplier effects, and shows that multiple unemployment equilibria may emerge. Data on all 20- to 24-year-olds living in …