Some economic observers argue “structural unemployment” has increased in the wake of the Great Recession, but in this … paper we find little support for either of two arguments that suggest that structural unemployment has been on the rise. The … first argument focuses on the large increase in unemployment among construction workers. The second argument is that falling …

This paper studies the impact of informality on the long-run relationship between inflation and unemployment in … money and credit coexist. An increase in inflation affects unemployment through two channels: the entry channel (size) and … entry and increasing unemployment. On the other hand, it shifts firms hiring decision from high separation informal jobs to …