Valletta, Robert G. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-25
In response to the 2007-09 "Great Recession," the maximum duration of U.S. unemployment benefits was increased from the … them with the more limited extensions associated with the milder 2001 recession. The analyses rely on monthly matched … about 1.5 weeks, with little variation across the two episodes. This estimate lies in the middle-to-upper end of the range …