The social norm of unemployment suggests that aggregate unemployment reduces the well-being of the employed, but has a … the appropriate distinction may not be between employment and unemployment, but rather between higher and lower levels of … regional unemployment. However, the insecure employed and the poor-prospect unemployed are less negatively, or even positively …

Unemployment is at a low and stable level in Denmark. This achievement is often attributed to the so-called flexicurity … model may have, a low and stable unemployment rate is not automatically among them since the basic flexicurity properties … were also in place during the 1970s and 1980s where high and persistent unemployment was prevalent. Labour market …

(EMU) led to lower wage growth and lower unemployment in participating countries. Following Grüner’s model, monetary … national business cycles which, in turn, leads to higher unemployment risk. In order to counter-balance this effect, trade … unions lower their claims for wage mark-ups resulting in lower wage growth and lower unemployment. This paper uses …

(EMU) led to lower wage growth and lower unemployment in participating countries. Following Grüner's model, monetary … national business cycles which, in turn, leads to higher unemployment risk. In order to counter-balance this effect, trade … unions lower their claims for wage mark-ups resulting in lower wage growth and lower unemployment. This paper uses …

unemployment and wages in aggregate analysis. We do find, however, evidence of distributional effects when accounting for human …The vast literature on the effects of immigration on wages and employment is plagued by likely endogeneity and …

We derive a sufficient statistics optimal income tax formula in a general model that incorporates unemployment and … endogenous wages, to study the shape of the tax and transfer system at the bottom of the income distribution. The sufficient … resembles a Negative Income Tax than an Earned Income Tax Credit relative to the case where unemployment and wage responses are …

This paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are …