earnings losses for young workers generated by unemployment: unemployment represents time forgone in terms of human capital … downturn, as documented in the empirical literature. At the aggregate level, the framework delivers youth unemployment rates … that are higher and more sensitive to fluctuations in aggregate productivity than total unemployment rates. Additionally …

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 …

This paper examines whether unemployment of non-western immigrant workers in the Netherlands was disproportionally … affected by the Great Recession. We analyze unemployment data covering the period November 2007 to February 2013 finding that … the Great Recession affected unemployment rates of non-western immigrant workers in absolute terms more than unemployment …

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

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

By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the … early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several … the rise and fall of unemployment. It is argued that the steep rise in unemployment was mainly the result of a series of …

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

a severe macroeconomic recession with mass unemployment. By the early 1990s, workers on fixed-term contracts accounted …

All developed economies have unemployment benefit programs to protect workers against major income losses during spells … of unemployment. By enabling unemployed workers to meet basic consumption needs, the programs protect workers from having … recessions. If benefits are too generous, however, the programs can lengthen unemployment and raise the unemployment rate. The …

Unemployment recoveries in the US have been inexorable. Between 1948 and 2019, the annual reduction in the unemployment …, unemployment continues to glide down. Occasionally, unemployment rises rapidly during an economic crisis, while most of the time …, unemployment declines slowly and smoothly at a near-constant proportional rate. We show that similar properties hold for other …