high volatility of most of the key variables, the negative co-variation of unemployment and vacancies, and the behavior of …

are that policy has effects on the stochastic behavior of key variables - measures that reduce unemployment also reduce … its persistence and increase the volatility of vacancies. Hiring subsidies and unemployment benefits have substantial …

This paper provides evidence on the behavior of reservation wages over the spell of unemployment using high … to 24 weeks, we find that self‐reported reservation wages decline at a modest rate over the spell of unemployment, with … point estimates ranging from 0.05 to 0.14 percent per week of unemployment. The decline in reservation wages is driven …

have higher wage dispersion. We also examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and job search. -- Unemployment … ; job search ; time use ; unemployment benefits ; inequality …

50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity … of 2.5; 5) job search intensity for those eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) increases prior to benefit exhaustion …; 6) time devoted to job search is fairly constant regardless of unemployment duration for those who are ineligible for UI …