country that has experienced one of the most severe recessions in Europe and a subsequent remarkable recovery. Employing … margin since it is driven by flows from permanent wage employment to unemployment. We also show that older, non-Latvian and …

Not only the level of aggregate unemployment but also the properties of its dynamics are an important topic in … asymmetric pattern in the evolution of unemployment, whereas linear models with Gaussian innovations preclude such dynamics. This … paper applies several tests for asymmetry to aggregate British, German and US unemployment data to assess the relevance of …

distinguishing job-to-job, job-to-unemployment, and other transitions. We find that job-to-job transitions are pro-cyclical, while … unemployment transitions are counter-cyclical. Individuals most affected by the economic crisis tend to be young males, living in … regions with high unemployment rates, with low qualifications and working in manual occupations (particularly construction …

individual unemployment benefit spell durations. We compare a period of expansion (2005-2007) and the recent recession (2009 … jobs in the expansion period until the time of unemployment benefit expires. Individuals who are most affected by the … financial crisis tend to be males, those aged 16-24 and 40-51 years, those living in regions with higher unemployment rates …

global crisis as reflected by the largest increases in their unemployment rates among other developed economies. Spain and …This paper analyses the labour markets of Spain and Ireland, which have experienced a severe downturn in the recent … sets of dynamic simulations which account for the swings of the unemployment rates before and after the 2007 crisis. Our …

With periodic recessions and the rising costs of health care, it is important to know how labor market participation … market shocks during severe recessions affect men's body mass index (BMI) and health-related behaviors. We use growth curve …

participation. A model that is calibrated to replicate the variability of unemployment and participation, and the negative … correlation of unemployment and GDP, implies an aggregate labor supply elasticity along the extensive margin of around 0.3 for men …

of the unemployment rate and of worker transitions. …