Plasman, Robert Alain; Gangji, Amynah Vanessa - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2007
This study investigates the causes of unemployment persistence among the Belgian labour force. The underlying issue was … 2002. The results suggest that while observed and unobserved heterogeneity explain between 57% and 82% of unemployment … persistence, the remainder is induced by the presence of state dependence. All else equal, an individual unemployed this year will …