early winter. As noted by others, we find low-wage and minority workers are hardest hit initially, but that recoveries have …

difference between men and women: while many male workers took up informal employment, most female workers dropped out of the … requires much more active and targeted policy interventions, especially for female workers. …

early winter. As noted by others, we find low-wage and minority workers are hardest hit initially, but that recoveries have …

While high rates of youth unemployment are a severe problem in most European countries, the program evaluation …

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

decreased the employment rate by 0.82%p and increased the unemployment rate by 0.29%p. These estimated effects are 90 …

: "the identification of minimum wage effects requires both a sufficiently sharp focus on potentially affected workers and … advantage of individual-level longitudinal data to observe the impacts of minimum wage changes on unemployment and labor force … determines unemployment and labor force participation. Specifically, the empirical strategy controls any fixed individual …

We study the macroeconomic effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit extensions in the United States at short and … when initial durations are shorter have substantial effects on the unemployment rate and the number of people receiving UI …

insurance or individual unemployment savings accounts are better. Unemployment insurance finances subsidies through implicit …In reforming unemployment benefit systems, the policy debate should be on the appropriate level of benefits, the … subsidies needed for people who cannot contribute enough, and how to finance the subsidies, rather than on whether unemployment …