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 …

job loss and raise the national unemployment rate. However, this issue brief shows that the experience of 22 countries … is no statistically significant relationship between national unemployment rates and legally-mandated access to paid sick …