The unemployment volatility puzzle: the role of the underground economy

Relying on the non-negligible role played by the underground economy in the labour market fluctuations, this paper extends the standard matching model à la Mortensen-Pissarides by introducing an underground sector along with an endogenous sector choice for both entrepreneurs and workers. These modifications improve the quantitative properties of the standard matching model, thus providing a possible explanation for the unemployment volatility puzzle.

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Year of publication:	2010-05-13
Authors:	Lisi, Gaetano
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	unemployment and vacancies volatility \| productivity and job destruction shocks \| underground economy \| shadow economy \| hidden economy \| matching models

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles ; J63 - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; E26 - Informal Economy; Underground Economy ; L26 - Entrepreneurship ; J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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