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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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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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Displacement and debt : the role of debt in returning to work in the period following the Great Recession

Bednarzik, Robert W.; Kern, Andreas; Hisnanick, John J. - 2017

The onset of the housing and subsequent financial crisis in 2008 marked the steepest economic downturn in the United. States, since the Great Depression in the late 1920s and 1930s. This most recent financial crisis has been characterized by massive layoffs and displacement. Given the depth of...

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Policy levers to increase jobs and increase income from work after the Great Recession

Neumark, David - 2015

The depth of the Great Recession, the slow recovery of job creation, the downward trend in labor force participation, high long-term unemployment, stagnant or declining wages for low-to-medium skill jobs owing to adverse labor demand shifts, and a greater rebound in low-wage than mid- or...

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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 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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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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Unemployment in the Great Recession

Pissaridēs, Christophoros A. - 2013

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Aid to jobless workers in Florida in the face of the Great Recession : the interaction of unemployment insurance and the supplemental nutritional assistance program

Heflin, Colleen M.; Mueser, Peter R. - 2013

Although many programs redistribute resources in the U.S., two program were central in providing a safety net for those facing hardship during the Great Recession: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which grew to 47.7 million people in January 2013 - or 15.1 percent of all...

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