Using recent results in the measurement error literature, we show that the official U.S. unemployment rates … substantially underestimate the true levels of unemployment, due to misclassification errors in labor force status in Current …. During the period of 1996 to 2009, the corrected monthly unemployment rates are 1 to 4.6 percentage points (25% to 45 …

contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed. An estimate of the sensitivity of age …-specific unemployment rates to the economic cycle is provided for OECD countries. France is one of the OECD countries having the highest …’s total unemployment rate differential with best-performing countries. Youth unemployment rate is especially sensitive to …

The aggregate average unemployment rate in a given country is essentially the result of individual workers' transitions … between the three core labor force states, employment, unemployment, and inactivity. The dynamics of these transitions depend … unemployment rates is more sensitive to cyclical behavior for certain demographic groups, specifically unskilled and young workers …

unemployment rate) and the labor force participation rate. This paper proposes an adjustment to the calculation of the EPOP using …

effect of FDI on the district unemployment outflow and inflow rates, the aggregate unemployment exit hazard rates, and … subsequently both the unemployment rate and the employment rate. Using difference-in-differences analysis, labor market performance …. The results indicate a positive significant impact of the investment on the local unemployment outflow rate driven mainly …

largely unexplored, set of determinants of the effectiveness of Keynesian and supply-side economic policies. -- unemployment … ; employment ; wage setting ; labour force participation ; labour market dynamics ; unemployment persistence ; imperfect … unemployment responsiveness …

This paper looks behind the standard, publicly available employment and unemployment statistics that studies of … estimates show that measured employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment … much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania …

- on average - higher for immigrants. We also propose an alternative measure of unemployment which includes the discourage …

The paper studies the impact from variations in unemployment on retirement among older workers. We integrate … unemployment variations with early retirement programs and other pathways out of the labor force. The paper describes retirement … unemployment on the retirement decision. Unemployment is found highly significant and quantitatively important for the retirement …

Although the size of the labor force is nearly acyclical, worker flows between employment and unemployment on the one … paper lays out a job-search model to uncover the determinants of worker flows between employment, unemployment and … probability to move from inactivity into unemployment. Second, high-productivity workers who are less likely to drop from the …