Long-term unemployment and labor force participation : a decomposition of unemployment to test for the discouragement and added worker hypotheses

"We sharpen tests for 'discouragement' and 'added worker' effects by splitting the explanatory variable - the unemployment rate - into a short-term and a long-term component. While short-term unemployment might not result in additional workers on a large scale, long-term une...

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Main Authors: Fuchs, Johann, Weber, Enzo
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Nürnberg 2015
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19108214124919264969-Long-term-unemployment-and-lab.htm

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