We analyze changes in unemployment, marginal labor force attachment and participation in Canada and the U.S. Using two … complementary decompositions, we show the importance for the comparative evolution of aggregate unemployment of changes in the … marginally attached displaying behavior lying between unemployment and non-attachment. The three non-employment states are …

"recall") unemployment, those "employed but absent from work" for unspecified reasons, or not in the labour force while …

stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labour market …

displacement. This paper provides the first empirical evidence of the long-run effects of parental unemployment on children exposed … children exposed to parental unemployment at ages 2 to 10 experience losses of 3 to 4 rank points in average earnings … experienced during childhood, as well as unemployment-induced moves to neighourhoods with less opportunity. …