these fluctuations. Our data and findings are relevant to inform a broader assessment of labor market performance and to … develop models of cyclical labor adjustment. …

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 …

document how worker flows between employment, unemployment, and out of the labor force vary by gender and age and contribute to …-Mortensen-Pissarides model capturing the salient features of our data. Key elements of the model are an extensive margin (i.e., labor force … technology in driving differences in aggregate employment, while labor-market policies play a minor role. Search effort …

of the impact of trade are related to their career paths, job characteristics, and local labor market conditions …. Surprisingly, given prior literature, we find that workers' perceptions primarily reflect local labor market conditions and … education rather than labor market experiences or job characteristics. -- globalization ; trade ; job characteristics ; local …