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This paper views movements in unemployment as the result of the interaction between: (a) lags in labour market decisions; and (b) labour market shocks with temporary and permanent components. Two features of unemployment dynamics are examined: (i) `unemployment persistence', arising when...
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The paper explores the employment implications of allowing people the opportunity of using a portion of their … incapacity benefits to provide employment vouchers for employers that hire them. The analysis indicates that introducing this … policy could increase employment, raise the incomes of incapacity benefit recipients, and reduce employers’ labour costs. …
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-run unemployment rate) and the lag structure of the employment determination, wage setting, and labour force participation decisions …
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