This paper studies how U.S. local labor markets respond to employment losses that occur during recessions. Following … recessions from 1973 through 2009, we find that areas that lose more jobs during the recession experience persistent relative … result in longer-lasting consequences for local labor markets than previously thought, and that recessions are followed by …

Workers who enter the labor market during recessions experience lasting earnings losses, but the role of non … labor market entry during recessions generates a 5 percent reduction in earnings cumulated over the first decade of …-pay amenities. Purely pecuniary estimates can therefore overstate the welfare costs of labor market entry during recessions. …

Although recessions negatively affect labor market outcomes, we find that individuals with greater cognitive skills … have been less affected by recessions since 2000 compared to those in the 1980s and 1990s. This result occurs despite a … employer-paid training can help explain the relative return to cognitive skills during recent recessions due to lower training …

Recessions lead to short-term job loss, lower levels of happiness and decreasing income levels. There is growing … disturbing long-run effect of recessions: young people who leave school in the midst of recessions are significantly more likely …

different consequences for the costs of recessions. Using U.S. employer-employee data, we find that employment growth at low … that while during recessions separations fall in both high-paying and low-paying firms, the decline is stronger among low …