We exploit a policy discontinuity at U.S. state borders to identify the effects of unemployment insurance policies on … unemployment. Our estimates imply that most of the persistent increase in unemployment during the Great Recession can be accounted … for by the unprecedented extensions of unemployment benefit eligibility. In contrast to the existing recent literature …

We exploit a policy discontinuity at U.S. state borders to identify the effects of unemployment insurance policies on … unemployment. Our estimates imply that most of the persistent increase in unemployment during the Great Recession can be accounted … for by the unprecedented extensions of unemployment benefit eligibility. In contrast to the existing recent literature …

wages of displaced German workers after they returned to work. We also present a simple new method to decompose the wage … wages of displaced workers after their return to work. Women experienced smaller wage losses than men. For both sexes, over … wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …

the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …

workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …

the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …

urbanised areas. Immigrants have high well-being outcomes on average but suffer an initial shortfall in employment and wages …

experienced increased wages as a result of receiving amnesty through the 1986 Immigration and Reform Control Act during the 1990s …