, which was particularly strong in the second half of the 90s, is a major aspect of the downward trends in unemployment and … and the unemployment rate, because a nonparticipant who wants to work has (i) a higher probability of entering the labor … force (compared to other nonparticipants), and (ii) a higher probability of joining unemployment conditional on entering the …

unemployment to employment in routine occupations, (ii) that from labor force non-participation to routine employment, and (iii …

sharp increase in the incidence of long-term unemployment (LTU) during the Great Recession. We first show that compositional … shifts in demographics, occupation, industry, region, and the reason for unemployment jointly account for very little of the … model that allows for duration dependence in the exit rate from unemployment and for transitions between employment (E …

-work time is substantial and varies positively with the local unemployment rate. While average time spent by workers in non …-work conditional on any positive amount rises with the unemployment rate, the fraction of workers reporting positive values varies pro …-work with wage rates and measures of unemployment benefits in state data linked to the ATUS, and it is consistent with estimated …

unemployment and vacancies. Following suggestions by Robert Hall and Robert Shimer, this paper shows that a relatively standard … simulate moments of an artificial economy with and without sticky wages and we document the dependence of unemployment and …

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 …