This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …

of EPL varying among workers of different skills on the level and composition of unemployment, job flows, productivity …

employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment … their labor market outcomes affected, while workers working in proximity to coworkers are more affected. The unemployment …, these policies increased unemployment by nearly 4 percentage points, but reduced COVID-19 cases by 186,600-311,000, and …

increased the unemployment rate, decreased hours of work and labor force participation and had no significant impacts on wages …

-analysis plan, we investigate the negative impact of the pandemic on unemployment, labour force participation, hours and wages in …

for the unemployment rates of high and low-educated workers, for the share of mismatched workers and wage inequality both …