There is much discussion of the relationships between crime, inequality, and unemployment. We construct a model where …, inequality, and unemployment. We discuss the effects of anti-crime policies like changing jail sentences, as well as more … all three are endogenous. We find that introducing crime into otherwise standard models of labor markets has several …

Arbeitspapier neuere Entwicklungen innerhalb eines Zweiges informationsökonomischer Ansätze vorgestellt: der Suchtheorie. Dabei … das Resultat der klassischen Arbeitsmarkttheorie, dass gewerkschaftliche Lohnbeeiflussung zu höherer Arbeitslosigkeit … führt, im Kontext der Suchtheorie valide ist. Auf dem Weg hin zu einer empirisch gültigen Theorie des Arbeitsmarktes stellt …

We extend simple search models of crime, unemployment, and inequality to incorporate on-the-job search. This is … relevant empirically. We characterize the wage distribution, unemployment rate, and crime rate theoretically, and use … from 53 to 65 percent increases unemployment and crime rates from 10 and 2.7 percent to 14 and 5.2 percent. We show …

unemployment-spell. Consequently, our calculations suggest that the steady-state unemployment rate fell by as much as one-fifth. …

unemployment-spell. Consequently, our calculations suggest that the steady-state unemployment rate fell by as much as one-fifth. …

and those predicted to face a penalty compared to their pre-unemployment wage display overly optimistic wage expectations …

models have deeply renewed the understanding of job search, job flows, job creations and destructions, unemployment and wage … optimal level of unemployment benefits, the funding of unemployment insurance and the impact of employment protection …

unemployment rate and the actual unemployment rate in the country, which is a meaningful indicator of their misperception of labor … model includes: controls for the worker's ability; country-specific fixed effects; the unemployment rate in the region of … residence, which might be the benchmark respondents have in mind when reporting their perception of the national unemployment …

unemployment entry, optimism decreases job finding by about 8%. This effect weakens over the unemployment spell and eventually … switches sign after about 8 months of unemployment. From then onward, optimism prevents un- employed individuals from becoming … discouraged and thus increases search. On average, optimism increases the duration of unemployment by about 6.5%. …