-use (e.g., in sports/arts/socializing) relates to subjective well-being of the unemployed and their probability of finding a … negatively associated with the well-being loss upon unemployment. That is, the negative unemployment shock on their well-being is … with pro-activity during the unemployment period. The results are robust to various checks including estimators, measures …

application for occupational recognition. Our findings show substantial employment and wage gains from occupational recognition …. After three years, the full recognition of immigrants' foreign qualifications increases their employment rates by 24 … increase in employment is largely driven by a higher propensity to work in regulated occupations. Relating our findings to the …

and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what extent fathers' unemployment is causal for offsprings' employment …This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German … intergenerational unemployment transmission. This outcome is robust to alternative data structures and to tests at the intensive and …

age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant …

and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what extent fathers' unemployment is causal for offsprings' employment …This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German … intergenerational unemployment transmission. This outcome is robust to alternative data structures and to tests at the intensive and …

age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant …

. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model …