-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real …In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on … collective bargaining coordination, the role of institutions is also more muted than suggested in the literature …

indicator -- and our macro performance outcome is the unemployment rate. Independent of the role of other institutions, good … relations ; labor market institutions ; unemployment … industrial relations do seem to matter: greater strike volume is associated with higher unemployment. Holding country effects …

indicator - and our macro performance outcome is the unemployment rate. Independent of the role of other institutions, good … industrial relations do seem to matter: greater strike volume is associated with higher unemployment. Holding country effects …

Using Portuguese data, this paper investigates the effects of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and …

This paper examines the determinants of unemployment duration in a competing risks framework with two destination … states, namely, inactivity and employment. The major innovation is our recognition of defective risks. We first use a … unemployment. Although we do not reject the null of proportionality, abandoning the proportionality assumption does not materially …