This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local …

rather than accept a low-wage job. In this case, unemployment can serve as a signal of productivity, and unemployment … whose plant closed cannot be recalled, longer unemployment duration should not have a positive signaling benefit for such … that the wage/unemployment duration relation differs between the two groups in the predicted way, and finds evidence …

causes of the unemployment upturn in 1973-1983 and the subsequent decline in 1993-2006. Our results show that (i) the main … determinants of the unemployment rise in the 1970s and early 1980s were wage-push factors, the two oil price shocks and the … increase in interest rates, and (ii) the acceleration in capital accumulation was the crucial driving force of unemployment in …

and sort individuals into three labour market regimes; employment, unemployment with and unemployment without … consistent with the assumptions of the structural model and suggest human capital depreciation for unemployment without programme …

Reducing institutional rigidities in product and labour markets is key to lowering unemployment. The impact of such … changes in employment protection and the unemployment benefit system the impact on unemployment is mixed across countries …

The basic trade union model is extended to allow for a more sophisticated unemployment benefit system consisting of two … utility of union members can reduce unemployment …

could, over the medium term, result in relatively high levels of unemployment. Unless mobility is stimulated, European …