The present research provides evidence on the determinants driving the differences in the unemployment …

Using newly digitized unemployment insurance claims data we construct a historical monthly unemployment series for U …-level unemployment data, which are only available from January 1976 onwards, and capture consistent patterns in the business cycle. We … use our claims-based unemployment series to examine the evolving pace of post-war unemployment recoveries at the state …

EWE is a consequence of one of the most important labor institutions: the unemployment benefit (UB). We develop a model …

joint unemployment and vacancy dynamics. We show conditions for constrained efficiency and discuss important implications of …

quantitative effects of (i) aggregate productivity shocks on unemployment and (ii) unemployment benefits on unemployment. This … model, unemployment benefits affect households' behavior directly, without having to run via the bargained wage. A … effect of benefits on unemployment. Our analysis shows the importance of investigating the effects of policies on the …

participation rate and employment-population ratio but had little discernible effect on the unemployment rate. Factors robustly …

This research explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between unemployment and labour force participation rates … focused on the study of time series is used to validate the unemployment invariance hypothesis and explore added and … the unemployment invariance hypothesis in several countries appears to reflect some rigidities that prevent the …