part-time workers. A one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate led to an average decline in real hourly wages … of new hires are not helpful for understanding the behaviour of unemployment over the business cycle. …

in 2010 that is not matched by declines in happiness measures (positive affect). The fear of unemployment obtained from …

in 2010 that is not matched by declines in happiness measures (positive affect). The fear of unemployment obtained from …

Long-term unemployment more than doubled during the UK’s Great Recession. Only a small fraction of this persistent … increase can be accounted for by the changing composition of unemployment across personal and work history characteristics … participation flows can account for over two-thirds of the high level of long-term unemployment following the financial crisis …

We compare school-to-work transitions of British graduates belonging to ethnic minorities to those of white British … are more important for the labour market outcomes of ethnic minority graduates than for white British. Minorities lacking …