The Human Cost of Recessions: Assessing It, Reducing It
Mai Dao and
Prakash Loungani
No 2010/017, IMF Staff Position Notes from International Monetary Fund
Abstract:
Recessions leave scars on the labor market. Over 200 million people across the globe are estimated to be unemployed at present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what is known about the effects of past recessions. If past is prologue, the cost to the unemployed (and society) could be high. The focus of this paper is on advanced economies. To their credit, most countries mounted strong policy responses to minimize the human costs, and the policy actions were notable also for their consistency and coherence across countries.
Keywords: SPN; benefits provision; UI benefit; aggregate demand; work program; unemployment insurance; headline inflation; job loser; demand shock; Unemployment; Unemployment rate; Wages; Labor markets; Global; North America; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 2010-11-11
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