to the conventional view that labor costs are procyclical. Using BLS establishment-job data, we find that even real wages …, the main focus of prior literature, have become countercyclical. Benefit expenditures are less rigid than nominal wages …

prior estimates by including ripple effects beyond the wages earned or taxes paid directly by migrants. The sharp reduction …

We examine how a 16-week cut in potential unemployment insurance (UI) duration in Missouri affected search behavior of … estimates to simulate the unemployment rate assuming no market-level externalities. The simulated response, which implies almost … a one percentage point decline in the unemployment rate, closely approximates the estimated change in the unemployment …

We provide new evidence on the effect of the unemployment insurance (UI) weekly benefit amount on unemployment …

zero to positive correlation with changes in native wages and native employment, in aggregate and by skill group. We …

share the results with firms increases workseekers' employment and earnings. It also aligns their beliefs and search … search, but smaller effects on employment and earnings. Giving assessment results only to firms increases callbacks. These …