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 …

remarkable drop in the labor force participation rate, reversing a nearly 50-year trend; the full recovery of unemployment after …

We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI …

labor force participation rate, reversing a nearly 50-year trend; the nearly full recovery of unemployment from the depths …

mostly explained by the higher unemployment rate during a recession, together with the fact that at all times, unemployed …

labor force participation rate, reversing a nearly 50-year trend; the full recovery of unemployment from the depths of the …

in their unemployment rate and not a decline in labour force participation rate. Policymakers should take account of …