Valletta, Robert G. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-25
In response to the 2007 - 09 "Great Recession," the maximum duration of U.S. unemployment benefits was increased from …, comparing them with the more limited extensions associated with the milder 2001 recession. The analyses rely on monthly matched … about 1.5 weeks, with little variation across the two episodes. This estimate lies in the middle-to-upper end of the range …