Are recessions drivers of structural change? Here we investigate the resilience of cities, and argue that a re … find that cities experienced a sharp increase in inter-sectoral job transitions, and that local employment in skill …-related sectors is most strongly associated with employment growth, during the recession, which we identify with the period of …

-level data for Spain for years 2000-2012, a period characterized by a large immigration wave and a severe recession. Our …, our simulations suggest that the reduction in household income due to the Great Recession mitigated the flight toward …

Over the Great Recession UK households reduced real food expenditure. We show that they were able to maintain the …

Ireland is one of the countries most severely affected by the Great Recession. National income fell by more than 10 per … crisis, and deep fiscal adjustment. This paper examines the income distribution consequences of the recession, and identifies … factors are the direct effects of the recession itself. Policy changes do contribute to the larger than average losses at high …