the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …

lead to higher equilibrium unemployment via the generated real wage wedge. …

'entrepreneurial milieu' affect the decision to start a new business out of unemployment? The econometric study is based on data from a …

also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a …

potential participants. Our econometric analysis uses unusually informative data originating from administrative unemployment …

job. This paper uses an administrative dataset from the Slovak Republic on durations of individual unemployment spells …

The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which … the unemployment rate decreased a lot. A common feature of the successful countries is that they implemented a …

Limited availability of workfare programs and unemployment insurance and a large informal sector are features of the …

effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … professional skills and techniques (SPST). Using the inflows into unemployment for the year 1993, the empirical analysis uses local … programs starting during 1 to 6, 7 to 12, and 13 to 24 months of unemployment. The empirical results show a negative lock …