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 … marginally attached displaying behavior lying between unemployment and non-attachment. The three non-employment states are …

"recall") unemployment, those "employed but absent from work" for unspecified reasons, or not in the labour force while …

We use Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey to explore the labor market impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19 … shutdown by governments on hours worked across the earnings distribution in Canada, focusing on individuals who remained …

stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labour market …