persons. However, stigma related to unemployment or inactivity can hinder their hiring chances when applying for a job. This …-term unemployment of up to six months positively affects hiring prospects, while the adverse effects of unemployment scarring become … negative impact of longer spells. The latter negative signal is more pronounced when unemployment rates are low. …

market between employment, unemployment, and professional inactivity. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a severe drop in the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the U.S. economy and labor market. We assess the initial spike in unemployment due to … the virus response and possible paths for the official unemployment rate through 2021. Substantial uncertainty surrounds … the path for measured unemployment, depending on the path of the virus and containment measures and their impact on …

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

the 2018-2021 period. The analysis focuses on the divergences in out-of-unemployment transitions and medium … detachment, prolonged periods of unemployment or a diminished success rate in reemployment. However, certain socio …

Economists have studied the potential effects of shifts in the age distribution on the unemployment rate for more than … effects on age-specific unemployment rates. This paper uses state-level data to revisit the influence of the age distribution … on unemployment in the United States. We examine demographic effects across the entire age distribution rather than just …

Survey (LFS) to construct worker transition rates across employment, unemployment, and inactivity. Our approach involves … of job search from inactivity compared to unemployment. This factor provides enough structure to prevent arbitrary … splitting of unemployment outflows between employment and inactivity. In turn, the estimated job search factor can be used in a …