This paper investigates the effect of sanctions of unemployment insurance benefits on theexit rate from unemployment … for a sample of Danish unemployed. According to the findingsare that even moderate sanctions have rather large effects... …

Labor market consequences are at the forefront of most debates on the merits of trade liberalization. Preferential … trade agreements (PTAs) have become the primary form of trade liberalization in most countries, and several studies have … shown that discriminatory and non-discriminatory trade liberalization can lead to very different outcomes. Yet to date there …

frictions, and foreign trade. This framework emphasizes firm heterogeneity and search and matching frictions in labor markets …. It implies that the opening of trade may raise inequality and unemployment, but always raises welfare. Unilateral … country's trade partner. Unemployment benefits can alleviate the distortions in a country's labor market in some cases but not …

This Economica Coase Lecture reviews research that has revolutionized the field of international trade and foreign …

We study a two-country two-sector model of international trade in which one sector produces homogeneous products while … vacancies, firing costs, and unemployment benefits. We study the interaction of labor market rigidities and trade impediments in … shaping welfare, trade flows, productivity, and unemployment. We show that both countries gain from trade but that the …