We exploit a policy discontinuity at U.S. state borders to identify the effects of unemployment insurance policies on … unemployment. Our estimates imply that most of the persistent increase in unemployment during the Great Recession can be accounted … for by the unprecedented extensions of unemployment benefit eligibility. In contrast to the existing recent literature …

from the leading job board CareerBuilder.com, we show that most vacancies do not post wages, and, for those that do, job …How do employers attract the right workers? How important are posted wages vs. other job characteristics? Using data … titles explain more than 90% of the wage variance. Job titles also explain more than 80% of the across-vacancies variance in …

. This model yields a simple relationshipbetween (i) the unemployment rate, (ii) the value of non-market time, and (iii … andallow for measurement error. The estimated wage dispersion and mismatch for theUS is consistent with an unemployment rate of …

. This model yields a simple relationship between (i) the unemployment rate, (ii) the value of non-market time, and (iii) the … and allow for measurement error. The estimated wage dispersion and mismatch for the US is consistent with an unemployment …

. This model yields a simple relationship between (i) the unemployment rate, (ii) the value of non-market time, and (iii) the … and allow for measurement error. The estimated wage dispersion and mismatch for the US is consistent with an unemployment … not firms can ex ante commit to wage payments. -- search ; sorting ; wage dispersion ; on-the-job search ; unemployment …

Surveys of Youth, we find that negative labor market outcomes during high-unemployment periods are mitigated by exposure to a …

worker type) can no longer signal this by posting higher wages. Specifically, we consider a search model with two sided …

Surveys of Youth, we find that negative labor market outcomes during high unemployment periods are mitigated by exposure to a … negative impact of high unemployment periods on labor market outcomes of disadvantaged groups, making extension of high …

Surveys of Youth, we find that negative labor market outcomes during high unemployment periods are mitigated by exposure to a …

We analyze changes in unemployment, marginal labor force attachment and participation in Canada and the U.S. Using two … complementary decompositions, we show the importance for the comparative evolution of aggregate unemployment of changes in the … fraction of the non-employed who are unemployed and in the fraction of the unemployed who 'want work'. Using microdata we study …