My thesis explores the following question: how workers of different skill are allocated across jobs and unemployment … high unemployment, as increased congestion in the labor market hinders workers from finding a suitable match. I focus on …-skill unemployment dynamics. I capture the across-skill search externalities and spillover effects that arise when low- and high …

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States enacted the CARES Act, which expanded unemployment insurance … (UI) benefits by providing a $600 weekly payment in addition to state unemployment benefits. We test whether changes in UI …

public and private. A second argument leads to the same ‘temporary employment subsidy’ conclusion: as unemployment falls, the … unemployment scenario. Thus this subsidy should facilitate a move towards zero unemployment. …