Unemployment and under-employment represented $25.8 billion in annual wages not earned in Los Angeles County, $28 … where one or more breadwinners are under-employed. Unemployment and under-employment rates in LA peaked at the end of 2010 …

This paper proposes a protocol for considering the social cost of unemployment by taking into account three different … aspects: incidence, severity and hysteresis. Incidence refers to the conventional unemployment rate; severity takes in both … unemployment duration and the associated income loss; and hysteresis refers to the probability of remaining unemployed. The social …

The paper presents a model that allows a unified analysis of sickness absence and search unemployment. Sickness appears … affect individual decisions on absence and search and the implications for employment, unemployment and nonparticipation. The …

density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …

(market-level effect) to changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. To implement this approach, we …

(market-level effect) to changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. To implement this approach, we …

unemployment. Labor market regulations, unemployment benefits, and high levels of public consumption in many European countries …

unemployment and its duration distribution. Using the SIPP, we document the relation between workers' (gross and net) occupational … mobility and unemployment duration over the long run and business cycle. To interpret this evidence, we develop an analytically … countercyclical net occupational mobility, the large volatility of unemployment and the cyclical properties of the unemployment …

We examine how a 16-week cut in potential unemployment insurance (UI) duration in Missouri affected search behavior of … estimates to simulate the unemployment rate assuming no market-level externalities. The simulated response, which implies almost … a one percentage point decline in the unemployment rate, closely approximates the estimated change in the unemployment …

unemployment and its duration distribution. Using the SIPP, we document the relation between workers' (gross and net) occupational … mobility and unemployment duration over the long run and business cycle. To interpret this evidence, we develop an analytically … countercyclical net occupational mobility, the large volatility of unemployment and the cyclical properties of the unemployment …