available labor. In the aftermath of the crisis, boosting growth is essential to prevent unemployment from becoming a long … unemployment rates and lower participation rates, on the other hand, cannot easily be attributed to individual preferences. Here …. Differences in labor taxation, unemployment benefit systems, and employment protection will need to be reduced. Improving …

. Looking ahead, however, in 2010 sustained high unemployment, uneven growth, and an unwinding of government stimulus measures …

present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what …