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Maré, David C.; Fabling, Richard - 2013

cyclical job loss and unemployment fell disproportionately on young and unskilled workers. The paper identifies, by age, gender …

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The recovery from the Great Recession: a long, evolving expansion

Shambaugh, Jay C.; Strain, Michael R. - 2021

Prior to 2020, the Great Recession was the most important macroeconomic shock to the United States economy in generations. Millions lost jobs and homes. At its peak, one in ten workers who wanted a job could not find one. On an annual basis, the economy contracted by more than it had since the...

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The Recovery from the Great Recession : A Long, Evolving Expansion

Shambaugh, Jay C.; Strain, Michael R. - 2021

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Comparisons and Contrasts of the Impact of the Crisis on Euro Area Labour Markets

Anderton, Robert - 2015

persisting increases in unemployment. This paper analyses the impacts of the crisis on euro area labour markets, paying … accelerate the adjustment capacity of euro area labour markets and help reduce the current high levels of structural unemployment …

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The Current Economic and Financial Crisis : A Gender Perspective

Antonopoulos, Rania - 2015

Widespread economic recessions and protracted financial crises have been documented as setting back gender equality and other development goals in the past. In the midst of the current global crisis - often referred to as “the Great Recession” - there is grave concern that progress made in...

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Fewer Jobs or Smaller Paychecks? Aggregate Crisis Impacts in Selected Middle-Income Countries

Khanna, Gaurav - 2011

This paper reviews evidence from 44 middle income countries on how the recent financial crisis affected jobs and workers' income. In addition to providing a rare assessment of the magnitude of the impact across several middle-income countries, the paper describes how labor markets adjusted and...

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When the Global Crisis and Youth Bulge Collide : Double the Jobs Trouble for Youth

Ortiz, Isabel - 2012

This working paper: (i) describes recent labour market trends; (ii) analyzes how young people are experiencing a double employment crisis as a result of the demographic phenomenon known as the ‘youth bulge,' which aggravates the already low demand for labour during the economic downturn; (iii)...

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Fewer jobs or smaller paychecks? : aggregate crisis impacts in selected middle-income countries

Khanna, Gaurav; Newhouse, David Locke; Paci, Pierella - 2011

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Transitions in and out of unemployment among young people in the Irish recession

Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Connell, Philip J.; … - 2013

Young people have been hit hard by unemployment during the Irish recession. While much research has been undertaken to … unemployment and the associated challenges. This paper attempts to fill this gap by comparing the profile of transitions to work … transition of the youth from unemployment to employment fell dramatically. The fall is not due to changes in the composition or …

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The Impact of Demand Shock on the Employment of Temporary Agency Workers : Evidence from Japan During the Global Financial Crisis

Hosono, Kaoru - 2015

This study investigates the effect of a negative demand shock on the composition of worker types at firms and examines the change in the share of temporary agency workers. The 2007-2009 global financial crisis is used as the natural experiment to clearly identify the causal link between the...

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