The effects that the economic crisis triggered by COVID-19 is having on unemployment could hardly differ more than in … the United States and Europe. This divergence also applies to the political reactions to it. Whereas the 27 member states … of the European Union (EU-27) managed to keep unemployment in check largely through heavy reliance on short-time work or …

"For many decades, American liberals have pointed to Europe's social welfare systems as a model for the US. As Senator …

This paper describes the US Unemployment Insurance (UI) in particular the federal-state partnership in governance … the US experience for European level unemployment benefit or welfare schemes. Given the strong position of the EU member …

have higher wage dispersion. We also examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and job search. -- Unemployment … ; job search ; time use ; unemployment benefits ; inequality …