The U.S. economy is recovering from the financial crisis and ensuing deep recession, but the unemployment rate has … remained stubbornly high. Some have argued that the persistent elevation of unemployment relative to historical norms reflects … rate of unemployment, implying that conventional monetary and fiscal policy should not be used in an attempt to return …

In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI … extensions across states to estimate the overall impact of these extensions on unemployment duration, comparing the experience … extensions on unemployment transitions and duration. We rely on individual variation in benefit availability based on the …

home. I analyze the relationship between such house lock and the elevated levels and persistence of unemployment during the … job search in the local labor market for homeowners whose home value has declined, I focus on differences in unemployment … that enables the estimation of individual and aggregate covariate effects on completed unemployment durations in synthetic …

their home. I analyze the relationship between such "house lock" and the elevated levels and persistence of unemployment … unemployment duration between homeowners and renters across geographic areas differentiated by the severity of the decline in home … method that enables the estimation of individual and aggregate covariate effects on completed unemployment durations in …

Despite unprecedented extensions of available unemployment insurance (UI) benefits during the "Great Recession" of 2007 …

In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI … extensions across states to estimate the overall impact of these extensions on unemployment duration, comparing the experience … extensions on unemployment transitions and duration. We rely on individual variation in benefit availability based on the …