Overview of the book -- Economic turbulence : what, who, and how much? -- The industries -- Firms, their workers, and their survival -- Firm turbulence and job ladders -- Turbulence and worker career paths -- Economic turbulence and middle-income jobs -- Conclusions and implications for policy

The effect of generous unemployment benefits on the propensity of individuals to stay on unemployment was hotly debated during the COVID pandemic. This paper examines the impact of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) using rich individual data for the universe of all UI...