of the Great Recession—slightly larger than expected based on the historical relationships between unemployment and … enrollment, and significantly larger than expected if the unemployment rate had remained at 2007 levels. The increased enrollment …

the dynamics of the aggregate unemployment rate across the four most recent recessions. This research finds an increased …Labor market research often focuses on transition rates between employment and unemployment without analyzing the … role for transition rates between nonparticipation and unemployment during the Great Recession and recovery. …

Women fared decidedly better than men during the most recent recession. By August 2009, the unemployment rate for men … had hit 11.0 percent, while that for women held at 8.3 percent. This 2.7 percentage point unemployment gender gap …

exhibited important departures from that seen in prior deep recessions. …

in unemployment over the course of the Great Recession, while countries with relatively rigid institutions and strict …; evidence suggests that flexible labor markets keep unemployment lower in the long run. …

Long-term unemployment rose dramatically during the recent recession and remains elevated. A primary cause may be the … rate of unemployment has increased, and that additional monetary stimulus may have only a limited effect on reducing … unemployment. …

used to assess labor market conditions. While unemployment rates and nonfarm payroll losses are widely reported, a firm …