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 …

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 …?s, unemployment continues to be very high. The paper argues that an important part of the explanation lies in the …

The persistence of high unemployment has been one of the most puzzling developments of the past twenty years or so. In … the UK, unemployment averaged 2.1% between 1966 and 1973, and since 1974 it has risen to an average of 7.5%. The … prevailing view of the persistence of unemployment and of the continuous rise in the NAIRU is that explanations and solutions can …