Petrongolo, Barbara (2008) What are the long-term effects of UI? Evidence from the UK JSA reform. . London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.
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Abstract
In this paper we study the contribution of inflows and outflows to the dynamics of unemployment in three European countries, the United Kingdom, France and Spain. We compare performance in these three countries making use of both administrative and labor force survey data. We find that the impact of the 1980s reforms in Britain is evident in the contributions of the inflow and outflow rates. The inflow rate became a bigger contributor after the mid 1980s, although its significance subsided again in the late 1990s and 2000s. In France the dynamics of unemployment are driven virtually entirely by the outflow rate, which is consistent with a regime with strict employment protection legislation. In Spain, however, both rates contribute significantly to the dynamics, very likely as a consequence of the prominence of fixed-term contracts since the late 1980s.
Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/ |
Additional Information: | © B. Petrongolo and C.A. Pissarides |
Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance Economics |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
JEL classification: | J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment > E24 - Macroeconomics: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution (includes wage indexation) E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2008 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 11:47 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/3659 |
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