curve, which draws the classical inverse relation between the job vacancy rate and the unemployment rate, before, during …

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …

We analyze changes in unemployment, marginal labor force attachment and participation in Canada and the U.S. Using two … complementary decompositions, we show the importance for the comparative evolution of aggregate unemployment of changes in the … labor market transition behavior at these margins, finding remarkably consistent results in the two countries, with the …

, we find a sharp reduction in well-being, equivalent to a two percentage point rise in annual unemployment. The effect is …

pronounced. The adverse effect of higher unemployment on life satisfaction is partially offset by the positive impact of lower …