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- Title
Is euro area at full employment ? — A diagnosis from the Beveridge curve.
- Authors
Leythienne, Jean Fernand
- Abstract
We propose a simple and robust method to assess if an economy is at full employment, in real time. For this purpose, we first prove that the Beveridge curve is a rectangular hyperbola with one single parameter equal to the square of the mismatch unemployment rate. We apply this equation to obtain a breakdown of the unemployment rate in the euro area and to study how mismatch unemployment and the unemployment gap were impacted by the great recession, the sovereign debt crisis and the COVID-19 pandemics. We finally analyse how disparities in job vacancy rates across countries affect the overall matching at euro area level and derive recommendations for economic policy.
- Publication
Economic Analysis & Policy, 2024, Vol 81, p322
- ISSN
0313-5926
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.eap.2023.10.003