prices, unemployment rates, and interest rates in nine countries that took distinctive approaches in tackling the pandemic …, where we introduce lockdowns as shocks to unemployment. Based on impulse response functions, we find that in most countries … the unemployment rate rose, interest rates fell or turned negative, and prices fell initially following the implementation …

, lost health insurance due to a higher unemployment rate alone during the 2007-09 recession. We conclude with a discussion … from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) for 2004-2010, a period that includes the Great Recession of … 2007-09. We find that a one percentage point increase in the state unemployment rate is associated with a 1.67 percentage …

approach that exploits regional variation in unemployment and compares babies born to the same parents so as to deal with …-percentage-point increase in the unemployment rate during pregnancy reduces the probability of having a birth weight less than 1,500 grams or of …

fundamentals of the economy negatively and imply low growth and high unemployment. An empirical index is constructed. In the period …

in unemployment and an increase in the labor force participation. Quantitatively, a 10 percentage point increase in the …

economy in times of crisis through fiscal stimulus, the longer-term consequences risk being detrimental to investment and …

unemployment in the wake of the Great Recession. …To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are …

We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under … the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the … balances in these accounts would then be available to them during periods of unemployment. The government would be able to …

The paper examines the relative effectiveness of two policy proposals in reducing unemployment and working poverty …: unemployment vouchers and low-wage subsidies. The unemployment vouchers are targeted exclusively at the unemployed (especially the … workers are (i.e. the more their wages rise with employment duration), the more effective will unemployment vouchers be …

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …