This article reviews the empirical literature on the scarring effects of unemployment, by first
presenting an overview of empirical evidence relating to the impact of unemployment spells …

Traditionally, economic growth and business cycles have been treated independently.
However, the dependence of GDP levels on its history of shocks, what economists refer to as …

We use administrative data on the quarterly employment and earnings of Pennsylvanian
workers in the 1970s and 1980s matched to Social Security Administration death records …

In this paper, we survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wage,
employment, and displacement. We start with an overview of the measurement of offshoring …

We use experimental data from a résumé audit to estimate the impact of particular college
majors and internship experience on employment prospects. Despite applying exclusively to …

This study examined the influence of psychological capital on job search among displaced
employees. On the basis of a sample of 179 retrenched professionals, managers …

We investigate whether job loss due to plant closure causes an increased risk of (cause-
specific) mortality and hospitalization for male workers having strong labour market …

This paper examines the impact of job loss on overall and cause-specific mortality. Using
linked employer-employee data, we identified the workers displaced due to all …

Using Norwegian register data, we estimate how children's school performance is affected
by their parents' exposure to plant closure. Our estimates suggest that paternal job loss has …

This article documents a strong connection between unemployment and mental distress
using data from the Spanish National Health Survey. We exploit the collapse of the …