of aggregate unemployment in postwar data. While this range may seem wide it is an indication that the importance of …

unemployment. Significant asymmetries emerge. Lilien's dispersion index is significant only for relatively high levels of … unemployment and becomes insignificant for low levels suggesting that reallocation affects unemployment only when the latter is … high. More job reallocation is associated with higher unemployment. …

public sector units in 1991. Since then, per capita output has increased significantly, while the overall unemployment rate … unemployment remains stubbornly high, an overwhelming proportion of the labor force continues to work in the informal sector, and …

I investigate the impact of parental unemployment on children’s educational attainment and long-run labor market … outcomes in Austria. I find that parental unemployment shortly before an important educational decision by parents for their … results emphasize the intergenerational and long-lasting consequences of parental unemployment. …

workers’ outside options. We document the negative selection into self-employment when workers enter from unemployment, and … contract out of unemployment. These facts call for a revision of active labor market policies in place …