unemployment persistence. …

In this paper, we focus on and examine the empirical evidence of non- linearity in aggregate Canadian unemployment … reject the null hypothesis of a linear structure for Canadian unemployment. …

A vital implication of unemployment persistence applies to the Bank of Canada's disinflation policies since it … adversely influences unemployment and considerably lengthens recessions. This paper tests for persistence in Canadian sectoral … unemployment, using the modified rescaled-range test. Our results show evidence of persistence in sectoral unemployment that …

This paper extends the standard Real Business Cycle model to incorporate sectoral shifts in unemployment. Using … possibility of generating persistent aggregate unemployment. Calibrated to Canadian data, the models suggest that the introduction … the observed persistence in unemployment. Empirically, we estimated a Vector Auto-Regressive model and successfully …

institutions. The study conducts a literature review on the theoretical and empirical works of economic growth, with emphasis in …

institutions. The study conducts a literature review on the theoretical and empirical works of economic growth, with emphasis in …