into account distortions related to unemployment benefits and bargaining power shows the robustness of this result, in …

In this paper, we investigate whether business cycles can imply sizable effects on average unemployment. First, using a … on unemployment: positive shocks reduce unemployment less than negative shocks increase it. For the observed process of …

competition), unemployment inequalities and job instability during the polarization process of the labor market fostered by the … stability, the size of each labor market segment and the unemployment rates …

policies in France. Finally we show that the age-dynamics of employment is optimal when the Hosios condition holds and we …