During the Great Recession of 2007, unemployment reached nearly 10 percent and the ratio of unemployment to open … extension in the length of time in which a claimant can collect unemployment insurance (UI) to 99 weeks, at an expense to date … search process. Parameter estimates of the structural model using a sample of unemployment spells from the National …

unemployment and vacancies with respect to output. We estimate the structural model with the two shocks and using the Bayesian … methodology. The bulk of variations in unemployment and vacancies is mainly explained by disturbances pertaining to the discount …

facilitates the analysis of skill-specific institutional changes. A government can influence wages and unemployment of the low … at home and abroad irrespective of their level of skill. -- FDI ; globalization ; search unemployment ; labor market …

What are the effects of financial market imperfections on unemployment and vacancies in Canada? The author estimates … more volatile labour market. The author finds that the model accounts well for the cyclical behaviour of unemployment and … labour market. Overall, financial shocks contribute about 30 per cent of the fluctuations in unemployment and vacancies for …

. Unemployment had reached its lowest levels for thirty years going in to the latest recession and has also remained relatively … subdued through the downturn, certainly compared to previous recessions. A combination of lower inflow rates into unemployment … seen before the recession. -- labour market ; recession ; unemployment ; wages …

known institutional characteristics. In general, subjective employment insecurity tracks the unemployment rate …. -- precarious work ; job insecurity ; gender ; job quality ; unemployment …

summarized as showing that the very existence of unemployment generates political support for "sclerosis". This observation may …

been met by in–flows of cross–border workers and, to a lesser extent, immigration. Unemployment has remained low compared …