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What explains changes in full-time and part-time employment in Western Germany? : a new method on an old question
Klinger, Sabine; Wolf, Katja - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"From 1992 to 2005, part-time employment in Western Germany has grown by 82 percent, whereas full-time employment has shrunk by 14 percent. Behind these general figures there is substantial variation of employment schemes across industries. Beside this, the share of the service industries in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537086
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What explains changes in full-time and part-time employment in Western Germany? : a new method on an old question
Klinger, Sabine; Wolf, Katja - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"From 1992 to 2005, part-time employment in Western Germany has grown by 82 percent, whereas full-time employment has shrunk by 14 percent. Behind these general figures there is substantial variation of employment schemes across industries. Beside this, the share of the service industries in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592346
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The Measurement of Persistence and Hysteresis in Aggregate Unemployment.
Mikhail, Ossama; Eberwein, Curtis J.; Handa, Jagdish - EconWPA - 2003
unemployment persistence. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126077
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On the Evidence of Non-Linear Structure in Canadian Unemployment.
Mikhail, Ossama; Eberwein, Curtis J.; Handa, Jagdish - EconWPA - 2003
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412624
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Testing and Estimating Persistence in Canadian Unemployment.
Mikhail, Ossama; Eberwein, Curtis J.; Handa, Jagdish - EconWPA - 2003
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062535
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Can Sectoral Shifts Generate Persistent Unemployment in Real Business Cycle Models?
Mikhail, Ossama; Eberwein, Curtis J.; Handa, Jagdish - EconWPA - 2003
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412613
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Decomposing Beveridge curve dynamics by correlated unobserved components
Klinger, Sabine; Weber, Enzo - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
components of matching efficiency and separation rate (shifting parameters) as well as unemployment and vacancies. Cointegration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791531
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On GDP-employment decoupling in Germany
Klinger, Sabine; Weber, Enzo - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2014
"This paper investigates the time-varying relationship between German output and employment growth, in particular their decoupling in recent years. We estimate a correlated unobserved components model that allows for both persistent and cyclical time variation in the employment impact of GDP as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891246