offers a brief overview and discussion of research on the labor market impacts of minimum wages (MW), unemployment insurance … a fruitful interplay between search theory and empirical work. This research has established that UI matters for labor … market behavior, in particular the duration of unemployment, although there remains substantial uncertainty about the …

offers a brief overview and discussion of research on the labor market impacts of minimum wages (MW), unemployment insurance … a fruitful interplay between search theory and empirical work. This research has established that UI matters for labor … market behavior, in particular the duration of unemployment, although there remains substantial uncertainty about the …

unemployment in Europe. Using Faccini's data and his estimation methods, we show that the Fixed Effects estimation results collapse … evidence to support the conclusion that greater use of temporary contracts would decrease unemployment. …

unemployment in Europe. Using Faccini's data and his estimation methods, we show that the Fixed Effects estimation results collapse … evidence to support the conclusion that greater use of temporary contracts would decrease unemployment. …

We study the interaction between unemployment insurance (UI) and other social transfers exploiting state-level changes …

job-separation counter-cyclical. As a consequence most unemployment spells remain short. This is critical since a … persistent increase in unemployment will affect the financial balance of the model severely. Comparative evidence does not …

job-separation counter-cyclical. As a consequence most unemployment spells remain short. This is critical since a … persistent increase in unemployment will affect the financial balance of the model severely. Comparative evidence does not …

The unemployment protection systems that exist in most Latin American economies are generally considered inadequate in … high administrative and monitoring costs and may create additional adverse effects that induce higher unemployment rates … and longer duration of unemployment and promote informal labor markets. Recently, research effort and policy interest has …