the dynamics of the aggregate unemployment rate across the four most recent recessions. This research finds an increased …Labor market research often focuses on transition rates between employment and unemployment without analyzing the … role for transition rates between nonparticipation and unemployment during the Great Recession and recovery. …

used to assess labor market conditions. While unemployment rates and nonfarm payroll losses are widely reported, a firm …

Expansions are usually associated with plentiful vacancies and a low number of unemployed workers. During recessions … the unemployment pool swells while employers seek to fill fewer job openings. …

recessions allows for a more general discussion on the impact of adjustment frictions in the dual labor market and the effects …

Women fared decidedly better than men during the most recent recession. By August 2009, the unemployment rate for men … had hit 11.0 percent, while that for women held at 8.3 percent. This 2.7 percentage point unemployment gender gap …