aggregate labor-market fluctuations, and, in particular, the cyclical behavior of aggregate unemployment. Heterogeneity is … are slow moving, which results in it being the case that in an expansion the ratio of aggregate vacancies to unemployment … equilibrium unemployment cannot account for. The second essay, which is co-written with Miles S. Kimball, examines the long …

monetary shocks become larger and more persistent. Finally, unemployment becomes more volatile …

reduces the chances of employment and unemployment and increases the likelihood downtime. Per capita income is positively … related with the likelihood of downtime and employee and negatively with unemployment. The variable experience and schooling … likelihood of unemployment. Regarding the likelihood of unemployment, there is evidence of the existence of racial discrimination …

Purpose – This paper contends that there is a positive relationship between current globalisation, unemployment … and “emic” perspective (authors’ viewpoint).Findings – A relationship between current globalisation, unemployment …, inequality and poverty should be investigated further. Unemployment increases levels of inequality and poverty within society …

four and a half months to find a job. Combining these results, it is demonstrated that reducing the average unemployment … of various labor market and crime policies such as unemployment insurance, hiring subsidies and the duration of jail … sentences. For example, wage subsidies reduce unemployment, the crime rates of employed and unemployed workers, and improve …

In the leading chapter of this dissertation, "Unemployment, Vulnerability and Poverty: A New Class of Measures, Its … Axiomatic Properties and Applications," we, Kaushik Basu and myself, derive a new class of measures for unemployment or poverty …. Measures of unemployment and poverty have usually focused solely on those currently unemployed or below the poverty line …

distribution, wages, and unemployment. This comparison is important not only because it compares developing vs. developed country …