Upjohn Research

Title

Reconnecting to Work: Policies to Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment and Its Consequences

Authors

Lauren D. Appelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles

Year

2012

Abstract

The goal of this book is to enable a better understanding of the consequences of long-term unemployment and the policies that are needed to address it. The contributors present research that examines the psychological as well as economic consequences of experiencing a prolonged spell of joblessness. Included are discussions of policies to increase job creation and to get the long-term unemployed back into jobs.

Contents

Foreword: What Happened to Shared Prosperity and Full Employment and How to Get Them Back: A Seussian Perspective/ Richard B. Freeman

1. Introduction / Lauren D. Appelbaum
2. Job Displacements in Recessions: An Overview of Long-Term Consequences and Policy Options / Till von Wachter
3. Labor Market Policy in the Great Recession: Lessons from Denmark and Germany / John Schmitt
4. Causality in the Relationship between Mental Health and Unemployment / Timothy M. Diette, Arthur H. Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity Jr.
5. Work Together to Let Everyone Work / Hilbrand Oldenhuis and Louis Polstra
6. Stabilizing Employment : The Role of Short-Time Compensation / Vera Brusentsev and Wayne Vroman
7. Labor Market Measures in the Crisis and the Convergence of Social Models / Michele Tiraboschi and Silvia Spattini

Citation

Appelbaum, Lauren D. ed. 2012. Reconnecting to Work: Policies to Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment and Its Consequences. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

ISBN

cloth 9780880994088; paper 9780880994064

Subject Areas

EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Nonstandard work arrangements; Part time and nonstandard hours of work; UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and POVERTY; Unemployment insurance; Benefits and duration