What happened to the US labor market after the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act expired after the Great Recession?By Tyler Smith of The AEA. “In December 2013, when Congress failed to reauthorize the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act, many prominent economists predicted a substantial decline in employment and labor force participation. In a paper in the American Economic Journal:…
The effects of unemployment benefit duration
The effects of unemployment benefit duration
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by Jim Rose in business cycles, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: social insurance, unemployment insurance
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