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The effect of unemployment on self-reported health and mental health in Greece from 2008 to 2013 : a longitudinal study before and during the financial crisis

Drydakis, Nick - 2014

The current study uses six annual waves of the Longitudinal Labor Market Study (LLMS) covering the 2008-2013 period to obtain longitudinal estimations suggesting statistically significant negative effects from unemployment on self-reported health and mental health in Greece. The specifications...

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The Great Recession and Children's Mental Health in Australia

Bubonya, Melisa - 2018

This paper analyzes the effects of 'shocks' to community-level unemployment expectations, induced by the onset of the Great Recession, on children's mental well-being. The Australian experience of the Great Recession represents a unique case study as despite little change in actual unemployment...

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Economic performance and unemployment : evidence from an emerging economy - Turkey

Berument, Hakan (contributor); Dogan, Nukhet (contributor); … - 2005

This article examines whether various macroeconomic policy shocks have different effects on overall unemployment rate and the unemployment rate by different levels of education in Turkey. These effects are assessed for total, male and female unemployment rates separately. To examine the...

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COVID-19 and employment in South Korea: trends and comparison with the 2008 Financial Crisis

Nam, Minhyuk; Lee, Soohyung - 2021

We examine the impact of COVID-19 on employment in South Korea as of June 2020. To estimate the causal effect, we use two complementary methods. First, using individual-level data without residence information, we estimate the effects by controlling for detailed characteristics of individuals....

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Who is hit hardest during a financial crisis? : the vulnerability of young men and women to unemployment in an economic downturn

Verick, Sher Singh - 2009

The current financial and economic crisis has resulted in the worst global recession since World War II. The subsequent destruction of jobs and increased duration of joblessness will ensure that unemployment across the world will continue to rise and stay stubbornly high for some time to come,...

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Does human capital protect workers against exogenous shocks? : South Africa in the 2008 - 2009 crisis

Leung, Ron; Stampini, Marco; Vencatachellum, Désiré - 2009

The financial and economic crisis of 2008 and 2009 has taken its toll on the South African economy. The economy contracted for the first time since 1998, and entered recession during the fourth quarter of 2008. The GDP contraction was soon transmitted to the labor market. Between the second...

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The great recession of 2008 - 2009 : causes, consequences and policy responses

Verick, Sher Singh; Islam, Iyanatul - 2010

Starting in mid-2007, the global financial crisis quickly metamorphosed from the bursting of the housing bubble in the US to the worst recession the world has witnessed for over six decades. Through an in-depth review of the crisis in terms of the causes, consequences and policy responses, this...

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German and the rest of euro area fiscal policy during the crisis

Gadatsch, Niklas; Hauzenberger, Klemens; Stähler, Nikolai - 2015

We present the estimated large-scale three-region DSGE model GEAR picturing Germany, the Euro Area and the Rest of the … Euro Area affected GDP growth during the global financial crisis. Our analysis suggests that spillovers of fiscal policy … shocks in the Euro Area are small. Overall, spending multipliers are higher than revenue-based multipliers and are in line …

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The Japanese labour market during the global financial crisis and the role of non-standard work : a micro perspective

Hijzen, Alexander; Kanbayashi, Ryō; Teruyama, Hiroshi; … - 2015 - Forthcoming in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

This paper analyses aggregate labour dynamics during the global financial crisis in Japan and the role of nonstandard work using micro data. The analysis proceeds in two steps. First, using comprehensive establishment-level datasets for the period 1991-2009, it provides a detailed portrait of...

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Unemployment in the Great Recession

Pissaridēs, Christophoros A. - 2013

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