This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage...

We analyze the consequences of counseling provided to job seekers in a standard job search and matching model. It turns out that neglecting equilibrium effects induced by counseling can lead to wrong conclusions. In particular, counseling can increase steady state unemployment although counseled...

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage...

Cette étude analyse la dynamique des flux de travailleurs au cours du cycle conjoncturel à partir de deux types de données : l'enquête Emploi de l'Insee et les listes de demandeurs d'emploi inscrits à Pôle emploi. Des transitions mensuelles sur le marché du travail sont ainsi construites...

The randomized trial literature has helped to renew the field of microeconometric policy evaluation by emphasizing identification issues raised by endogenous program participation. Measurement and attrition issues have perhaps received less attention. This paper analyzes the dramatic impact of...

Cette étude analyse la dynamique des flux de travailleurs au cours du cycle conjoncturel à partir de deux types de données : l'enquête Emploi de l'Insee et les listes de demandeurs d'emploi inscrits à Pôle emploi. Des transitions mensuelles sur le marché du travail sont ainsi construites...

In this paper, we aim to shed light on the relative contribution of the separation and job finding rates to French unemployment at business cycle frequencies by using administrative data on registered unemployment and labor force surveys. We first investigate the fluctuations in steady state...

[spa] Con regularidad se recurre a numerosas herramientas para prever o analizar el efecto de las políticas de empleo: modelos macroeconométricos, modelos de equilibrio general, evaluaciones ex post sobre series temporales o datos microeconómicos. Este artículo explora una aproximación...