conventional measure of the unemployment rate (that is, the number of individuals who are not working at all and actively searching … working part time who want a full-time job) and the extent of hidden unemployment (that is, people who are not actively ….S. labor market slack and show that underemployment and hidden unemployment currently account for the bulk of the U …

Most economists maintain that the labor market in the United States (and elsewhere) is 'tight' because unemployment … rates are low and the Beveridge Curve (the vacancies-to-unemployment ratio) is high. They infer from this that there is … stagnant for some time. We show that unemployment is not key to understanding wage formation in the USA and hasn't been since …

A historically high level of youth unemployment presents Greece with a huge social and economic challenge. This paper …

This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as … unemployment among the young and other disadvantaged groups, is typical of past experience. The paper reviews past literature on … the causes of unemployment, arguing that the origin of the present difficulties lies with a collapse in demand rather than …

A historically high level of youth unemployment presents Greece with a huge social and economic challenge. This paper …

firms can explain the relatively high level of unemployment amongstlower educated workers and the relatively strong … level of education can notexplain the stronger cyclicality of the unemployment rate for lower educatedworkers. We conclude …

This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as … unemployment among the young and other disadvantaged groups, is typical of past experience. The paper reviews past literature on … the causes of unemployment, arguing that the origin of the present difficulties lies with a collapse in demand rather than …

the labor force and almost doubles the unemployment risk. The financial effects of health shocks are small on average and …

This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as … unemployment among the young and other disadvantaged groups, is typical of past experience. The paper reviews past literature on … the causes of unemployment, arguing that the origin of the present difficulties lies with a collapse in demand rather than …