In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment …

understanding that their jobs still exist and that they will be recalled. We show that the resulting temporary-layoff unemployment … mostly dissipated by the end of 2020. Potential workers without jobs constitute what we call jobless unemployment. Shocks … that elevate jobless unemployment have much more persistent effects. Historical major adverse shocks, such as the financial …

term unemployment. Perhaps surprisingly, we find no overall significant negative effects of parental mass layoffs on … following unemployment. This last finding would not have appeared using a traditional two-way fixed effects approach, which …

We investigate the effect of job loss and unemployment benefits on criminal behavior, exploiting individual-level data on … are less subject to differential reporting by employment status. We then evaluate the mitigating effect of unemployment … benefits leveraging on discontinuous changes in eligibility. Regression discontinuity estimates suggest that unemployment …

We investigate the effect of job loss and unemployment benefits on criminal behavior, exploiting individual-level data … effect of unemployment benefits leveraging on discontinuous changes in eligibility. Regression discontinuity estimates … suggest that unemployment benefits covering 3 to 5 months after displacement completely offset potential crime increases upon …

years in case of unfair dismissal. We show, relying on data, that this regulation entails a hike in severance payments at … the fragility of low-seniority jobs implies that layoff costs reduce the average job duration and increase unemployment …

firms, 3) partly offset by unemployment benefits, and 4) amplified by concurrent drops in partners’ earnings. On net …