Licensed workers could be shielded from unemployment during recession since occupational licensing laws are asymmetric …-in-differences event study research design that exploits cross-state variation in licensing laws to compare the unemployment rate between …, we find that licensing shields workers from a recession-induced increase in the unemployment rate of 0.82 p.p. during …

We show that the largest increase in unemployment benefits in U.S. history had large spending impacts and small job …

Most economists maintain that the labor market in the United States is 'tight' because unemployment rates are low. They …, prior to that, real wages had been stagnant for some time. We show that unemployment is not key to understanding wage …

, that frictions (sand-in-the-wheels) may decrease unemployment and that the equilibrium is determined by two simple …

.g., by reducing the threat of unemployment after management opposition or employer retaliation in response to a unionization …