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- Title
Unemployment hysteresis and the natural rate of vacancies.
- Authors
Røed, By Knut
- Abstract
On the basis of macro data from 10 OECD countries, I find that the job vacancy rate outperforms the unemployment rate as a reliable measure of domestic inflationary pressure. Moreover, while the rate of unemployment affects inflation primarily through its difference, the vacancy rate operates through a level effect as well. In most countries, a unique equilibrium rate of vacancies seems to coexist with a drifting equilibrium rate of unemployment. I show that this result is consistent with existing theories of unemployment hysteresis that focus on depreciation of human capital and search activity during unemployment spells.
- Subjects
OECD countries; UNEMPLOYMENT; HYSTERESIS (Economics); JOB vacancies
- Publication
Empirical Economics, 2002, Vol 27, Issue 4, p687
- ISSN
0377-7332
- Publication type
Article