The severity, sudden onset, and multipronged nature of the Great Recession (2007–2009)
provided a unique opportunity to examine the health impacts of macroeconomic downturn …

The effort to close the gender gaps in employment is one of the priorities worldwide to help
address the disparity that exists between men and women in terms of rights and …

Labor market tightness following the height of the Covid-19 pandemic led to an unexpected
compression in the US wage distribution that reflects, in part, an increase in labor market …

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought unprecedented disruptions to the global economies
and has led to income loss and high unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists …

Evidence from past economic crises indicates that recessions often affect men's and
women's employment differently, with a greater impact on male-dominated sectors. The …

We present real time survey evidence from the UK, US and Germany showing that the
immediate labor market impacts of Covid-19 differ considerably across countries …

This chapter provides an overview of two prominent approaches to wellbeing, the hedonic
and the eudaimonic, both with roots traceable to the ancient Greeks. We first examine the …

How does one's place of residence affect individual behavior and long-run outcomes?
Understanding neighborhood and place effects has been a leading question for social …

Using a proprietary database of online job postings from 2010 to 2019, we find that job
vacancies in the US energy sector increasingly require high levels of “soft” skills (such as …

This paper provides early evidence of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on minority
unemployment in the United States. In the first month following March adoptions of social …