unemployment forecast was estimated. For unemployed without such a forecast, the effect is much smaller. The paper also shows that …

This paper begins with an examination of various ways of measuring unemployment and, borrowing ideas from the poverty … measurement literature, proposes four new general unemployment indices. The first of these is parallel to the Sen poverty index … unemployment rate, the average unemployment duration, and the inequality in the unemployment durationsto the differences between …

This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of benefit sanctions ,i.e. temporary reductions in unemployment benefits … as punishment for noncompliance with eligibility requirements. In addition to the effects on unemployment durations, we … evaluate the effects on post-unemployment employment stability, on exits from the labor market and on earnings. In our analysis …

effect of unemployment on life satisfaction. …

to implement. The empirical relevance is illustrated in an application to the effect of unemployment on happiness …