In this paper we characterize the unemployment rate for the main cities of the Bío Bío Region using the state … for each structural model for monthly unemployment rate data which spans between I.1996 and XII.2005. We use an additive … cent for four cities); secondly, the hypothesis which states that seasonal peak levels for unemployment rate are related to …

unemployment. To this goal, we develop a schumpeterian model of endogenous growth: agents have the choice between employment and R … and D activities. Unemployment is caused by the wage-setting behavior of unions. We show that: (i) Increases in the labor … costs or in the power of trade unions lead to higher unemployment and lower economic growth. (ii) Efficient bargain allows …

unemployment. To this goal, we develop a Schumpeterian model of endogenous growth: agents have the choice of being employed or … being doing R&D activities. Unemployment is caused by the wage-setting behavior of unions. We show that: (i) High labor … costs or powerful trade unions lead to higher unemployment and lower economic growth. (ii) Efficient bargain allows to …

This paper analyzes the cyclical behavior of production and unemployment at regional level, using Chilean quarterly … performance of regional unemployment using auto regressive components (in the form of polynomial distributed lags), and related … unemployment cyclical behavior for quarters 2006:Q1 and 2006:Q4. The results suggests a notorious unemployment reduction in regions …