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 …

miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …

market and, on rigid labor markets, for unemployment. Exploiting variation in exit-exam systems across German states, we find … market, as well as with lower unemployment. …

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

In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We … higher than in France, while the job loss rate is much higher, putting Spain half-way between France and the US. This …

High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well … individual panel data for Germany and repeated cross-sectional data for the United States and the European Union show that the … sensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in the public sector than in the private …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a …, their recent reforms and - where already possible - effects of these reforms. Overall, Germany seems to be on the right …

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 … affected by regional unemployment. However, insecure employed men and poor-prospect unemployed men are less negatively, or even …