is linked to unemployment in country specific dynamic models. For Spain, the ADL-model estimation reveals a significant …We ask whether sectoral shocks and the subsequent labor reallocation are responsible for unemployment within selected … impact of sectoral reallocation on unemployment that goes beyond usual business cycle patterns. In Italy, there is weaker yet …

Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …

, a cointegration analysis of productivity, prices, real wages, employment, and the unemployment rate reveals two long run …This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a first step … display that price, demand, and labor supply shocks affect unemployment significantly in the short/medium run. Interestingly …

, dass mit einer größeren Lohnspreizung die Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit bei gegebenem Output, Kapitaleinsatz und …

analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment … unemployment is a non-monotonic function of the minimum wage level. Effects differ strongly by labour market segment. Cross … opportunity cost of employment. …

the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …

This study analyses the 2004 Eastern Enlargement to the European Union to obtain evidence on the employment effects of … an increase in trade liberalisation. The Enlargement is thought to generate a trade-induced demand shock with no (or only … a Melitz (2003) type productivity term to differentiate firms by the extent of exposure to the demand shock. The idea is …

high effect of employment protection for regular jobs on youth unemployment. In addition, the combined effects of powerful …This paper analyzes the role of labor market institutions for youth unemployment, as contrasted to total unemployment … establishes significant labor supply effects and effects of the education system on youth and total unemployment. …

employment effects: the equilibrium unemployment rate has been reduced by approximately 1.1 percentage points from 7.5 to 6 …We develop a tractable macroeconomic model with employment risk and labor market search in order evaluate the effects … of labor market reform on unemployment, growth, and welfare. The model has a large number of risk-averse households who …