From: How do the unemployed search for a job? – Evidence from the EU Labour Force Survey
Variables | Source | Description |
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ALMP exp.: measures/GDP | Eurostat | Public expenditure on labour market policy interventions; type of action: measures; expressed as a percentage of GDP. |
Gini coefficient | Eurostat | Relationship between the cumulative shares of the population arranged according to the level of equivalised disposable income and the cumulative share of the equivalised total disposable income received by them. |
PEO registration rate | EU-LFS, own computation | Share of unemployed (in our regression sample) that are registered with the public employment office. Computed from EU-LFS data set. |
Unemp. rate | Eurostat | Number of unemployed as a percentage of the active labour market population; calculated with reference to the population 15–74 years old. |
EP all empl | OECD | Employment protection overall. |
Minimum wage | OECD | Minimum relative to average wages of full-time workers. |