This paper investigates the empirical relevance of different unemployment theories in three major economies, namely the … UK, the US and Japan, by estimating the degree of dependence in the unemployment series. Both univariate and multivariate …. Specifically, when taking a univariate approach, the unit root null cannot be rejected in case of the UK and Japanese unemployment …

This paper investigates the statistical features and the macroeconomic determinants of youth unemployment in a number … policy actions are required for highly persistent series. Second, it investigates the main determinants of youth unemployment …

This paper examines the degree of persistence of youth unemployment (total, male and female) in twenty-four countries … are necessary to prevent short-term unemployment from becoming structural (long-term). …