, leading in turn to higher, not lower, unemployment. And, even if unemployment comes down, workers may actually be worse off …, going through many spells of unemployment and fixed duration jobs, before obtaining a regular job. Looking at French data … substantial reduction in unemployment duration. If anything, their effect on welfare of young workers appears to have been …

little direct relation to changes in the NAIRU, but long-term unemployment benefits magnify the effects of disinflation …. These results support `hysteresis' theories of unemployment. …

This study constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores the … determinants of unemployment. We compare different countries, finding that unemployment is influenced by the size of the rural … unemployment over time, finding that they are caused by contractions in aggregate demand. These demand contractions result from …

signals. The University of Michigan Social Media Job Loss Index tracks initial claims for unemployment insurance at medium and …