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- cancy subsidy, a layoff tax and unemployment benefits. We derive analytical expressions for the optimal setting of each of … replacement rate of unemployment insurance should all rise in recessions. We find this confirmed in a calibration targeted to the …
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marginally attached displaying behavior lying between unemployment and non-attachment. The three non-employment states are …We analyze changes in unemployment, marginal labor force attachment and participation in Canada and the U.S. Using two … complementary decompositions, we show the importance for the comparative evolution of aggregate unemployment of changes in the …
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adolescents globally; however, the relationships between unemployment and weight are predominantly studied in adults. This study … logistic regression is used to examine the effects of parental unemployment on weight using the Growing up in Ireland infant … parental unemployment on children's weight before, during and after a recession. Child growth charts are used to quantify …
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employment status. The results from fixed effect linear probability models demonstrate that increases in the local unemployment … employment rates from the Irish Census, are used to capture the impact of the recession on health, independent of individual … mental well-being. Yet the association between local area unemployment and health behaviours is mostly positive, with higher …
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stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labour market … temporary severing of employment relationships followed by a phase of more standard labour market search and matching, we use … persistence in depressed employment rates. …
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We use Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey to explore the labor market impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Specifically, we adopt a unique identification strategy to examine the heterogeneous causal effects of the COVID-19 economic shutdown by governments on hours worked across the...
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in employment and aggregate hours worked between February 2020 and April 2020, while accounting for normal monthly … aged 20-64, alongside a 15 percent decline in employment. We characterize the distribution of work lost, finding that …
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