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Reconciling Unemployment Claims with Job Losses in the First Months of the Covid-19 Crisis

FEDS Working Paper No. 2020-55
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 23 Jul 2020
Tomaz Cajner, Andrew Figura, Brendan M. Price, David Ratner and Alison Weingarden
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What Drives Movements in the Unemployment Rate? A Decomposition of the Beveridge Curve

FEDS Working Paper No. 2010-48
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 Jul 2011
Regis Barnichon and Andrew Figura
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Beveridge Curve, unemployment rate, gross worker flows, matching function

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The Effects of Unemployment Benefits on Unemployment and Labor Force Participation: Evidence from 35 Years of Benefits Extensions

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The Effects of Unemployment Benefits on Unemployment and Labor Force Participation: Evidence from 35 Years of Benefits Extensions

FEDS Working Paper No. 2014-65
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 May 2017
Andrew Figura and Regis Barnichon
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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Unemployment benefits extensions, unemployment rates, labor force participation rate

The Effects of Unemployment Benefits on Unemployment and Labor Force Participation: Evidence from 35 Years of Benefits Extensions

FEDS Working Paper No. 2014-65
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Aug 2015
Andrew Figura and Regis Barnichon
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section and Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)
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Unemployment benefits extensions, unemployment rate, labor force participation rate

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What Drives Matching Efficiency? A Tale of Composition and Dispersion

FEDS Working Paper No. 2011-10
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Apr 2011
Regis Barnichon and Andrew Figura
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Matching Function, Matching Efficiency, Composition Effect, Mismatch

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The Effect of Restructuring on Unemployment

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Jan 2004
Andrew Figura
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Restructuring, unemployment, job flows

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Is Reallocation Related to the Cycle? A Look at Permanent and Temporary Job Flows

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Apr 2002
Andrew Figura
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Job flows, reallocation, employment fluctuations

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Explaining Cyclical Movements in Employment: Creative Destruction or Changes in Utilization

FEDS Working Paper No. 2006-23
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Nov 2006
Andrew Figura
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Cyclical employment changes, permanent and temporary employment changes

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Declining Labor Force Attachment and Downward Trends in Unemployment and Participation

FEDS Working Paper No. 2013-88
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Jan 2014
Regis Barnichon and Andrew Figura
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Unemployment rate, labor force participation rate, individuals marginally attached to the labor force

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Workweek Flexibility and Hours Variation

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Dec 2004
Andrew Figura
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Workweek, hours adjustment

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The Cyclical Behavior of Short-Term and Long-Term Job Flows

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Feb 2002
Andrew Figura
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Job flows, employment fluctuations, frequency decomposition

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How Biased are Measures of Cyclical Movements in Productivity and Hours?

FEDS Discussion Paper No. 2005-38
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Sep 2006
Andrew Figura and Stephanie Aaronson
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Salaried workers, workweek, cyclical movements in hours worked

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Why are Plant Deaths Countercyclical: Reallocation Timing or Fragility?

FEDS Working Paper No. 2006-31
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Dec 2006
Andrew Figura
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Plant deaths, business cycle

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How Large Were the Effects of Emergency and Extended Benefits on Unemployment During the Great Recession and its Aftermath?

FEDS Working Paper No. 2017-68
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Jun 2017
Andrew Figura and David Ratner
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Have Cyclical Movements in the Unemployment Rate Become More Persistent?

FEDS Working Paper No. 2011-33
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 Nov 2011
Andrew Figura
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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Unemployment rate, cyclical fluctuations, persistence

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Declining Desire to Work and Downward Trends in Unemployment and Participation

NBER Working Paper No. w21252
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Regis Barnichon and Andrew Figura
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section
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What Does the Beveridge Curve Tell Us About the Likelihood of a Soft Landing?

FEDS Notes No. 2022-07-29
Posted: 16 Aug 2022
Andrew Figura and Christopher J. Waller
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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The Labor Share of Income and Equilibrium Unemployment

FEDS Notes No. 2015-06-08-1 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1553
Posted: 22 Oct 2015
Andrew Figura and David Ratner
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Macroeconomic Analysis Section and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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