In response to the record-breaking COVID19 recession, many governments have adopted unprecedented fiscal stimuli. While … spending, we document that the effects of government spending were stronger during the peak of the pandemic recession, but only …

unemployment in the wake of the Great Recession. …To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are …

In this study I examine the impact of fluctuations in the unemployment rate before high school graduation on … studies, but also find that the impact of the unemployment rate varies across the ability distribution. Using data from the … and not pursuing additional education. Exposure to a higher unemployment rate at age 17 is associated with higher …

approach that exploits regional variation in unemployment and compares babies born to the same parents so as to deal with …-percentage-point increase in the unemployment rate during pregnancy reduces the probability of having a birth weight less than 1,500 grams or of …

not the case. Although unemployment is low, the labor market is not 'tight'. On the contrary, we show that what matters …, just as in the Great Recession we anticipate deflation in the near future, coupled with rising joblessness and recession. …

Great Recession and the pandemic recession (aka the Great Contagion) can both be understood as being driven partially by …. We show that ERTEs stabilize unemployment rates by allowing workers to remain with their employers in highly affected …, consequently, of output, and slow-down worker reallocation away from the sectors badly hit by the recession. …

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … French employment protection legislation before the crisis started. -- temporary contracts ; unemployment ; Great Recession … labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in …

unemployment rate at labor market entry for each birth cohort and state-of-birth cell based on average state migration rates and …

this huge increase on employment, unemployment, disability pensions, and inactivity rates. Our results suggest that the … reform increased both employment and unemployment rates of women age 60 and over. However, we do not find evidence for active …

We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under … the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the … balances in these accounts would then be available to them during periods of unemployment. The government would be able to …