In this paper we investigate the process of job search, using a unique, large-scale data set for Portugal that allows … us to assess the effect of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and, in a new departure, the impact of …

, whereby special focus is placed on unemployment duration. The results of the study indicate that in contrast to reservation … wages, offered wages decline considerably with duration of unemployment. This is the main reason that ratios of reservation … wages to offered wages increase rapidly with duration of unemployment; on average, reservation wages begin to exceed offered …

Problemstellung -- Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland: Fakten und mögliche Erklärungen -- Ein einfaches Modell zur …Liegt eine Ursache der anhaltend hohen Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland in der Höhe der Lohnansprüche der Arbeitslosen … absenken und somit kaum zur Verringerung der Arbeitslosigkeit beitragen werden. …

characteristics of the unemployed are the most important determinants of reservation wages. In contrast neither unemployment duration … nor different kinds of unemployment benefits influence reservation wages. Hence the findings corroborate the hypothesis …

unemployment rates since 1993 in combination with transition payments for the unemployed to start their own business can explain …