Farber, Henry S.; Valletta, Robert G. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2013
In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI … labor force rather than a decrease in exits to employment (the job nding rate). The magnitude of the overall eect on exits …) benefits was extended to new historical highs in the United States, up to 99 weeks as of late 2009 into 2012. We exploit …