This paper is aimed at investigating the effects of government intervention through unemployment benefits on …

significantly contribute to the rise in unemployment during the Great Recession. I build a general equilibrium model that uses … significantly contribute to aggregate unemployment fluctuations. …

the generosity of unemployment benefits (UB) and short-time work. This paper aims to contribute to the theoretical … unemployment benefits and increasing search efforts, b) a fiscal stimulus and c) short-time work. In contrast to other studies that … from the heterogeneity of agents. I find four main results: 1) a) has nearly no effect on unemployment in the short run and …

workforce during the Great Recession. Policy approaches to address high African American male unemployment are outlined in the …-2006 -- 2. African American Male Unemployment during the Great Recession in Comparison to Other Demographic Groups and …