from unemployment from a worker's perspective. We also quantify the welfare costs of cyclical fluctuations in involuntary … unemployment in the U.S. labor market. In the empirical analysis, we document that the similar cyclical behavior of involuntary … part-time work and unemployment masks major differences in the underlying dynamics. Unlike unemployment, variations in …

This paper analyzes transitions into and out of 3 different labor market states, social assistance, unemployment and … that immigrants are more likely to receive both social assistance and unemployment compensation than natives. Immigrants … are less likely to remain employed in consecutive years than natives and are more likely to stay on welfare and to receive …

picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The …