unemployment. Micro-founded in a setting where search friction regulates labor market transitions, we derive a migration gravity … equation for bilateral mobility that embodies a co-determined local unemployment term. As a theory of migration, our model ….g. home bias). As a model of unemployment, a migration gravity approach uncovers hitherto under-appreciated interregional …

Caseworker meetings have been shown to accelerate exit from unemployment. We explore whether they are also effectual … before entering unemployment. In a natural field experiment, we offer caseworker meetings to workers at risk of losing their … meeting forward but has no effect on entry into unemployment or on labour market outcomes within one year. The intervention …

Child maltreatment is pervasive, often undetected, yet harmful. We investigate whether it is impacted by unemployment … from 2004 to 2012. Using an industry shift-share instrument to identify county-level unemployment effects, we find a … investments. Expenditures on children remain stable during recessions. Instead, higher local-area unemployment rate reduces …

We study the effects of job loss and unemployment insurance (UI) on health among Brazilian workers. We construct a …