A large fraction of the eligible unemployed workers does not claim for unemployment insurance (UI) and, among claimants, many do register immediately upon layoff. This paper argues that, to understand this intriguing phenomenon, one needs model jointly job search and take-up efforts allow heterogeneity in both dimensions. Estimating such a using French administrative data, we find substantial c...

This paper explores the evolution of the labor market across the business cycle and specifically the relationship between the unemployment rate and the average duration of unemployment. Labor market recoveries have long been thought of as lagging recoveries in broad economic activity. In particular, the unemployment rate peaks several months after the official business cycle trough and the aver...