This paper develops a framework for analyzing unemployment in terms of …distribution of the inflow Into unemployment are the primary determinant of …drive the recession. In contrast to normal unemployment, cyclical unemployment …

of unemployment spell durations. A job search model that allows for recalls is shown to lead naturally to a competing … risks specification of the distribution of layoff unemployment spell durations in which recall and the taking of a new job … are alternate routes for leaving unemployment. A large sample of individual layoff unemployment spell observations derived …

-financed unemployment insurance. The key element in the analysis is that unemployment insurance is more attractive than risk shifting as a … way for workers to obtain income during unemployment. The paper also analyses the effects of risk shifting and … unemployment insurance on the magnitude of employment fluctuations. The analysis implies that, given the existence of unemployment …

dynamics in the tradition of Mortensen and Pissarides (1994). Our estimates discern 5 distinct types. Most unemployment comes … from just two of those types. Low employment types frequently circle among unemployment, short-term jobs, and being out of … the labor market. Short-term jobs play a role in the job-finding process related to the role of unemployment. These are …

occupations and industries can explain a sizeable portion of the gender, race, and ethnic gaps in recent unemployment. However …