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Aggregate Labor Force Participation and Unemployment and Demographic Trends

Hornstein, Andreas - 2019

We estimate trends in the labor force participation (LFP) and unemployment rates for demographic groups differentiated … group trends, we construct trends for the aggregate LFP and unemployment rate. Important drivers of the aggregate LFP rate …. The aggregate unemployment rate trend on the other hand is almost exclusively driven by demographic factors, with about …

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Can a Matching Model Explain the Long-Run Increase in Canada's Unemployment Rate?

Hornstein, Andreas; Yuan, Mingwei - 1998

We construct a simple general equilibrium model of unemployment and calibrate it to the Canadian economy. Job creation …-run increase in the Canadian unemployment rate: a more generous unemployment insurance system, higher layoff costs, higher … on the unemployment rate is small …

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Employed and unemployed job seekers and the business cycle

Longhi, Simonetta; Taylor, Mark P. - In: Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics 76 (2014) 4, pp. 463-483

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Employed and unemployed job seekers and the business cycle

Longhi, Simonetta; Taylor, Mark P. - 2013

The job search literature suggests that on-the-job search reduces the probability of unemployed people finding a job. However, there is little evidence that employed and unemployed job seekers are similar or apply for the same jobs. We compare employed and unemployed job seekers in terms of...

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Differences in employment histories between employed and unemployed job seekers

Longhi, Simonetta; Taylor, Mark P. - 2010 - This version: 20 September 2010

by comparing their individual characteristics and past (un)employment and job histories. Since the BHPS does not directly … employment histories. -- Unemployment ; on-the-job search ; employment histories …

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Employed and unemployed job seekers : are they substitutes?

Longhi, Simonetta; Taylor, Mark P. - 2011

unemployed do not directly compete with employed job seekers. -- on-the-job search ; unemployment ; job competition ; employment …

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Getting back into work after job loss : the role of partner effects

Bryan, Mark L.; Longhi, Simonetta - 2015

We investigate the reaction of couples to a job loss during periods of growth and recession in the UK focussing on re-employment of the spouse who lost their job. Re-employment was faster for those with a partner in work, but was not generally affected by other measures of the partner’s labour...

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Understanding the added worker effect : a multiple methods interpretation

Laurie, Heather; Gush, Karon; Scott, James; Bryan, Mark L. - 2015

This paper provides an integrated interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data examining how couples respond when one partner loses their job. According to economic theory there may be an 'Added Worker Effect' where, when one partner loses their job, their spouse enters the labour market...

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Can a matching model explain the long-run increase in Canada's unemployment rate?

Hornstein, Andreas; Yuan, Mingwei - 1998

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Can a matching model explain the long-run increase in Canada's unemployment rate?

Hornstein, Andreas; Yuan, Mingwei - In: The Canadian journal of economics 32 (1999) 4, pp. 878-905

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