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We estimate Okun's law, the negative relationship between output and the unemployment rate, at the sector level for the US, the UK, Japan, and Switzerland to test several hypotheses that may explain why the aggregate Okun's coeffcients are different across countries. Specifically, we show that...
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sector and an informal sector which absorbs unemployed workers at a flexible wage rate. In this set up greater education for …
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