Many states provide unemployment insurance for part-time workers. But many do not, and even those that do often have inadequate programs. As part-time work continues to grow proportionately, it is time to pay attention to the systematic disadvantages of these workers. The unemployment rate does ...
•Occurswhennewentrantsandreentrantsenterthelaborforce,andwhenworkersarebetweenjobs,eitherhavingjustquitorlosttheirlastjobs.•Occursevenwhenthereareenoughappropriatejobsavailable,becauseittakestimetofindajob.StructuralUnemployment •Occurswhenthoselookingforworkdonothavetherightskillsorarenotintherightlocationtofill...
Discouraged workers, people who would like to work but have given up looking for jobs after an unsuccessful search, don’t show up in unemployment statistics. Unemployment rate does not distinguish between full-time and part-time work Labor Underutilization: U-3: Total unemployed, as a percent ...
Partial Unemployment Insurance Benefits and the Transition Rate to Regular Work In Finland, unemployed workers who are looking for a full-time job but take up a part-time or very short full-time job may qualify for partial unemployment... Kyyr, Tomi - 《European Economic Review》 被引量: 61...
There is also a strong connection between unemployment and part-time work. Often these jobs don't last long. "They're extremely economically vulnerable," says Glauber. "There's a real worry about those who are employed in relatively low quality, part-time positions." ...
This chapter explores the experiences of young adults in the new economy. It focuses on employment, unemployment, and precarious forms of work, highlighting the consequences of these changes for young people, both in terms of their impact on objective ou
A significant fraction of the labor force consists of employed workers who are part-time unemployed (underemployed) in the sense that they are unable to work as much as they prefer. This paper develops a search and matching model to study the design of optimal unemployment insurance in an econ...
The main goals of this paper are to estimate the effects of unemployment duration on formerly unemployed workers' wages, to analyze the determinants of part-time versus full-time reemployment, and to measure the impact of part-time versus full-time work on wages. Using two panels of the SIPP...
It temporarily expanded unemployment insurance eligibility to self-employed workers, freelancers, independent contractors, and part-time workers. Individuals were required to self-certify and provide documentation that they were unemployed, partially employed, unable to work, or unavailable for work due to...
Unemployment insurance is a benefit for workers who have lost their jobs and meet certain eligibility requirements.