Recessions lead to short-term job loss, lower levels of happiness and decreasing income levels. There is growing … disturbing long-run effect of recessions: young people who leave school in the midst of recessions are significantly more likely …

, this transformation took place within just a few years. Until the mid-2000s job opportunities were scarce and unemployment … was high. But since then labor demand has picked up and unemployment has dropped substantially. In contrast to the earlier …

social insurance system. Supplementary information on establishments and on unemployment periods in which a claimant received …

2007 that include a longitudinal component. It first shows that sustained economic growth will reduce youth unemployment … reduce youth unemployment. Third, the analysis of labor market characteristics reveals that young graduates experience long … unemployment as they cue for high-skill jobs. Moreover, the public sector remains the main provider of employment opportunities for …

county-level unemployment rates and mortality risk. After partialling out important confounding factors including baseline … unemployment rate increases their mortality hazard by 6%. There is little to no such relationship for people with weaker labor …