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. …

unemployment is primarily caused by labour market rigidities, i.e. social institutions and regulations which prevent “market …The paper questions the predominant view on unemployment and wages in the European Un-ion according to which high … decades, no strictly inverse relationship between real wage growth and unemployment can be found. On the contrary …

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 …

operative outline concentrates on the role of instrumental freedoms and institutions, and it is based on the traditional themes … instrumental freedoms. We eventually map each set of variables in order to point out how instrumental freedoms and institutions …

decision makers. These responses, in turn influenced by institutions and instrumental freedoms, ultimately affect the dynamics …