Using employer-employee panel data, we provide a novel set of facts on how real wages and working hours within jobs respond to the business cycle. In contrast to previous studies, our data enable us to address the cyclical composition of jobs. We show that UK firms were able to respond to the...

Starting from an improved understanding of the relationship between gender labour market stocks and the business cycle, we analyse the contributing role of flows in the US and UK. Focusing on the post 2008 recession period, the subsequent greater rise in male unemployment can mostly be explained...

Using employer-employee panel data, we provide novel facts on how real wages and working hours within jobs responded to the UK's Great Recession. In contrast to previous studies, our data enables us to address the cyclical composition of jobs. We show that firms were able to respond to the Great...