Education and the natural rate of unemployment
Francesconi, M. and Orszag, J.M. and Phelps, E.S. and Zoega, Gylfi (2000) Education and the natural rate of unemployment. Oxford Economic Papers 52 (1), pp. 204-223. ISSN 0030-7653.
Abstract
We show how changes in the educational composition of the labour force affect both the level and the behaviour over time of aggregate unemployment series. We also demonstrate that if it had not been for such changes, the US unemployment series would look 'European' since the within-group unemployment series all have that same appearance. We derive a natural-rate model of unemployment for two education groups, providing microfoundations for inter-group differences in wages and unemployment, and evaluate its plausibility in light of microeconomic evidence.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2020 19:00 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 18:06 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/41928 |
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