reached high economic growth rates and a stable macroeconomic environment together with a significant raise in unemployment …. This dynamic was associated to increases in the entry flows to unemployment and the average duration of these episodes. The … proportion of long-term unemployment also grew significantly.The aim of this paper is twofold. First, to evaluate the presence of …

of unemployment insurance and severance payments on the duration of unemployment and on the separation probability in … Argentina. Administrative data permits analysis of the duration of unemployment of covered spells with detailed information … informal jobs, which are not observed in administrative data. It is found that unemployment duration increases significantly …

's institutional response to the increase in unemployment and poverty triggered by the crisis. The program provided a social safety net … participating in Plan Jefes on the probability of exiting from unemployment. Regardless of the data set, the specification and the …

's institutional response to the increase in unemployment and poverty triggered by the crisis. The program provided a social safety net … participating in Plan Jefes on the probability of exiting from unemployment. Regardless of the data set, the specification and the …

a breadwinner’s job loss. Firm events and local unemployment shocks are exploited as exogenous sources of variation to …

, coverage of social security does not provide enough support in coping with unemployment shocks. Instead, we find that mothers …