An empirical model of sectoral movements by unemployed workers

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Thomas, JM
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/209806
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 126-153
• 关键词: distributional shape; displaced workers; cyclical unemployment; job search; duration; insurance; spells; shifts

摘要

Using Canadian data, I investigate the relationships among sectoral mobility, unemployment spells, and total unemployment. Recent North American evidence suggests that incidence shifts toward high wage-high tenure workers may increase equilibrium unemployment through decreasing sectoral mobility and increasing spells. Using a multiple spell transition model, I find that, while shifts toward such workers may have these effects, composition changes that lead to higher mobility can also increase unemployment. A further investigation into the relative roles of mobility and spell lengths in driving total unemployment indicates that the influence of the former is comparatively small.