In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI … unemployment duration, comparing the experience with the prior extension of benets (up to 72 weeks) during the much milder downturn … 2000-2005 and 2007-2012, we estimate the eects of UI extensions on unemployment transitions and duration. We rely on …

weekly unemployment benefits) is mechanically related to an observed but potentially endogenous variable (like previous … to obtain "nonparametris" RKD estimates. We illustrate the RKD approach by examining the effect of unemployment insurance …

weekly unemployment benefits) is mechanically related to an observed but potentially endogenous variable (like previous … to obtain "nonparametris" RKD estimates. We illustrate the RKD approach by examining the effect of unemployment insurance …

weekly unemployment benefits) is mechanically related to an observed but potentially endogenous variable (like previous … to obtain "nonparametris" RKD estimates. We illustrate the RKD approach by examining the effect of unemployment insurance …

which the labor market is now only slowly recovering. The unemployment rate remains stubbornly high and durations of … unemployment are unprecedentedly long. I use data from the Dis- placed Workers Survey (DWS) from 1984-2010 to investigate the …

which the labor market is now only slowly recovering. The unemployment rate remains stubbornly high and durations of … unemployment are unprecedentedly long. I use data from the Dis- placed Workers Survey (DWS) from 1984-2010 to investigate the …

50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity … of 2.5; 5) job search intensity for those eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) increases prior to benefit exhaustion …; 6) time devoted to job search is fairly constant regardless of unemployment duration for those who are ineligible for UI …

have higher wage dispersion. We also examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and job search. …

sharply over the spell of unemployment; (2) the self-reported reservation wage predicts whether a job offer is accepted or … rejected; (3) the reservation wage is remarkably stable over the course of unemployment for most workers, with the notable … devoted to job search and the reservation wage help predict early exits from Unemployment Insurance (UI). …

sharply over the spell of unemployment; (2) the self-reported reservation wage predicts whether a job offer is accepted or … rejected; (3) the reservation wage is remarkably stable over the course of unemployment for most workers, with the notable … devoted to job search and the reservation wage help predict early exits from Unemployment Insurance (UI). …