approach, the unemployment rate is on average 0.8 percentage points (ppts) higher than the official unemployment rate, with a …-cycle fluctuations in the unemployment rate from job separation, job finding, and participation. Correcting for misclassification changes … unemployment fluctuations, while participation accounts for fewer. The methodology I propose can be applied to any other labor …

This paper analyzes the determinants of high unemployment in South Africa by studying labor market dynamics using … on unemployment. The paper also explores the contribution of unemployment towards inequality. Reducing unemployment is … found to be important for reducing inequality - estimates suggest that a 10 percentage point reduction in unemployment …

unemployment by about 2.2 pp after five years. If sequencing is required, starting with PMRs would be more effective in boosting … output, while starting with LMRs would reduce unemployment faster. Finally, increasing unemployment benefits would be more …

We read search theory's unemployment equilibrium condition as an Iso-Unemployment Curve(IUC).The IUC is the locus of … job destruction rates and expected unemployment durations rendering the same unemployment level. A country's position … unemployment level at which such preferences are satisfied Using a panel of 20 OECD countries over 1985-2008, we find employment …

This paper discusses the influence of economic growth on the equilibrium unemployment rate (NAIRU). It examines how …

This paper studies interactions between labor market institutions and unemployment dynamics in transition economies. It … main conclusions arises. First, higher unemployment benefits increase steady-state unemployment, and, during the transition … theoretically speed up the elimination of state sector jobs without affecting steady-state unemployment. These results are broadly …

This paper examines the link between capital stock and unemployment persistence. An overlapping-generations model with … endogenous labor supply and imperfect competition is presented. It is used to interpret the unusual persistence of unemployment …, unemployment continues to be very high. The paper argues that an important part of the explanation lies in the decline of capital …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between labor market flexibility and unemployment outcomes. Using … flexibility have a statistically and significant negative impact on unemployment outcomes (over unemployment, youth unemployment … and long-term unemployment). Among the different labor market flexibility indicators analyzed, hiring and firing …