distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment … and inflation rates. Building on the lessons from recent advances in time-series econometrics, we suggest instead that one …

find a high degree of downward nominal wage rigidity, which for rates of inflation lower than three percent is shown to … lead to higher equilibrium unemployment via the generated real wage wedge. …

inflation and unemployment differentials. Second, we find that asymmetries in labor market structures tend to increase the … and real wage rigidities. In our analysis, we focus on the differentials in inflation and unemployment between countries … volatility of both inflation and unemployment differentials. Finally, we show that it is important to take into account the …

governments have so far taken concerning the systemof support for low-income families still implies very different poverty …

In this paper, we use 1991-2005 panel data on the unemployed, vacancies, inflow into unemployment, and outflow from … unemployment in five former communist economies and in the western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the … evolution of unemployment together with that of inflows into unemployment and vacancies. The comparison of the transition …

the labor-market effects of other important refugee waves can be produced by spurious correlation between the instrument …

COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months … after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since … the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study of how the pandemic impacted minority unemployment using CPS …

This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local … labor markets among citizens of the European Community. It provides the results of probit equations estimating the … labor markets. The estimates show a statistically significant, but weak, negative connection between the concentration of …