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Why did the average duration of unemployment become so much longer?
Mukoyama, Toshihiko (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
"This paper examines the causes of the observed increase in the average duration of unemployment over the past thirty … institutional changes can only partially account for the longer duration of unemployment. We construct a job search model and … calibrate it to U.S. data. The results indicate that more than 70 percent of the increase in the duration of unemployment over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002521759
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After the crash : the future of finance
Fuchita, Yasuyuki (ed.); Herring, Richard J. (contributor);  … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008700034
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Reconsidering retirement : how losses and layoffs affect older workers
Coile, Courtney; Levine, Phillip B. - 2010
Examines effects of the 2008-09 financial downturn on all workers with particular attention to low-income older workers who stand to suffer the most, often retiring early because of lack of work; discusses the real effects of the stock market decline, falling house prices, and stagnant job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008649612
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Growing old : paying for retirement and institutional money management after the financial crisis
Fuchita, Yasuyuki (ed.); Herring, Richard J. (contributor);  … - 2011
Explores issues in financing retirement, from fundamental changes in types of pension plans offered to pension funds' investment strategies following the global financial crisis. Focuses in particular on the adequacy of individuals' and institutions' plans in the face of increasing life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009007329
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Rocky times : new perspectives on managing financial stability
Fuchita, Yasuyuki (contributor);  … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009698139
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Why use debit instead of credit? : consumer choice in a trillion-dollar market
Zinman, Jonathan (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Debit cards are overtaking credit cards as the most prevalent form of electronic payment at the point of sale, yet the determinants of a ubiquitous consumer choice - "debit or credit?" - have received relatively little scrutiny. Several stylized facts suggest that debit-card use is driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002521756