the Great Recession. Because the cut applied only to new benefit claims, claimants whose unemployment start dates differed …-in-Difference analyses. While we find no impact on unemployment duration for those aged 20–21, the benefit cut significantly reduced duration …

There is considerable debate about the role of wage rigidity in explaining unemployment. Despite a large body of … of the countries most affected by the crisis. Our main analysis is based on earnings data for the entire population of …