generates high unemployment in equilibrium, we estimate a structural search model that incorporates both observed heterogeneity … share of youth experiencing long-term unemployment …

employment generation have been disappointing. Most worryingly, unemployment is currently among the highest in the world. While … the proximate cause of high unemployment is that prevailing wages levels are too high, the deeper cause lies elsewhere …. High unemployment and low growth are both ultimately the result of the shrinkage of the non-mineral tradable sector since …

We document the rise in unemployment in South Africa since the transition in 1994. We describe the likely causes of … this increase and analyze whether the increase in unemployment is due to structural changes in the economy (resulting in a … new equilibrium unemployment rate) or to negative shocks (that temporarily have increased unemployment). We conclude the …

exertion and food intake -- and the underlying causes of obesity -- childhood and adult poverty, depression, and attitudes …

informal firm and self-employment, but mixed evidence of effects on unemployment. Hours worked decreased in response to trade …

conditions. A one percentage point increase in unemployment is associated with an increase in the after-tax income poverty rate …We examine the relationship between the business cycle and poverty for the period from 1960 to 2008 using income data … relationship between macroeconomic conditions and poverty is of particular interest given recent changes in anti-poverty policies …

Many Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients do not find new jobs before exhausting their benefits, even when benefits … poverty rates rise substantially. Self-reported disability also rises following UI exhaustion. These patterns do not vary …

offset the cost of health care live in families with incomes twice the poverty line or more and, depending on how coverage is …

This paper reviews a new framework for analyzing the interrelationship between inequality, unemployment, labor market …. It implies that the opening of trade may raise inequality and unemployment, but always raises welfare. Unilateral … reductions in labor market frictions increase a country's welfare, can raise or reduce its unemployment rate, yet always hurt the …