Measuring the Duration of Unemployment Spells

1996 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. S43
Author(s):  
Miles Corak
Keyword(s):  
Duration Of Unemployment ◽  
Unemployment Spells

scholarly journals Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Duration, and Excess Supply of Labour

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-378
Author(s):  
Dennis R. Maki
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Unemployment Duration ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
Excess Supply ◽  
Duration Of Unemployment ◽  
Unemployment Spells

This paper examines the effect of the unemployment insurance scheme on the duration of unemployment spells in Canada in the period 1953-1973.

scholarly journals The concentration of unemployment experience in spells of long donation: An analysis by age and sex

1970 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Brosnan ◽  
John Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Life Table ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Theoretical Base ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Life Table Method ◽  
Table Method ◽  
Younger Workers ◽  
Duration Of Unemployment ◽  
Unemployment Spells ◽  
Age And Sex

Estimates of the completed duration of unemployment are prepared by the generation life table method. It is found that the duration of unemployment spells increases with age. However younger workers have a higher probability of becoming unemployed. Thus their higher unemployment rate is due to more, but shorter spells of unemployment. The rise in the unemployment rate for males in recent years is primarily due to an increasing duration of unemployment. When we decompose unemployment by length of spell, we find that spells of 13 weeks and longer account for between 70 and 90 percent of all significant unemployment. These results call into question the theoretical base of Government's current employment policy.

scholarly journals Cyclical Variations in the Duration of Unemployment Spells

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Corak
Keyword(s):  
Business Cycle ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Work Patterns ◽  
Accelerated Life ◽  
Duration Of Unemployment ◽  
Distributional Assumptions ◽  
The Business Cycle ◽  
Unemployment Spells

The purpose of this paper is to examine one implication of the view that the duration of unemployment is invariant over the course of the business cycle. The data used are derived from the Annual Work Patterns Survey for the years 1978-80 and 1982-85. Accelerated life-time models under a variety of distributional assumptions are used to examine unemployment spells from each year of data.

scholarly journals Gender Disparities in the Duration of Unemployment Spells in Slovenia

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polona Pašič ◽  
Alenka Kavkler ◽  
Darja Boršič
Keyword(s):  
Survival Analysis ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Survival Functions ◽  
Kaplan Meier ◽  
Duration Of Unemployment ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Unemployment Spells

Gender Disparities in the Duration of Unemployment Spells in SloveniaThe paper offers an overview of labor market characteristics in Slovenia with an emphasis on gender disparities. A survival analysis is conducted based on an extensive database obtained from the Employment Office of the Republic of Slovenia of more than 450,000 unemployment incidences between January 2004 and July 2008. Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival functions show specific disparities among unemployed women and men in Slovenia. Unemployed men are better off when re-entering the labor market as they are re-employed more quickly than women.

scholarly journals Unemployment and spell duration during the Great Recession in the EU

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Gradín ◽  
Olga Cantó ◽  
Coral del Río
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Unemployment Spells ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
The Eu

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the different dynamic characteristics of unemployment in a selected group of European Union countries during the current Great Recession, which had unequal consequences on employment depending on the country considered. Design/methodology/approach – The paper follows Shorrocks’s proposal of a duration-sensitive measure of unemployment, and uses cross-sectional data reported by Eurostat coming from European Labour Force Surveys. Findings – The results add some evidence on the relevance of incorporating spells’ duration in measuring unemployment, finding remarkable differences in unemployment patterns in time among European countries. Research limitations/implications – In this paper unemployment is analyzed for all the labor force. Future research should investigate patterns across specific groups such as young people, women, immigrants or the low skilled. Practical implications – It is generally accepted that the negative impact of unemployment on individual welfare can be very different depending on its duration. However, conventional statistics on unemployment do not adequately capture to what extent the recession is not only increasing the incidence of unemployment but also its severity in terms of duration in time of ongoing unemployment spells. The paper shows an easy and practical way to do it in order to improve the understanding of the unemployment phenomenon, using information usually reported by statistical offices. Originality/value – First, the paper provides a tool for dynamic analysis of unemployment based on reported cross-sectional data. Second, the paper demonstrates the empirical relevance of considering spells’ duration when assessing differences in unemployment across countries or in unemployment trends. This is usually neglected or only partially addressed by most conventional measures of unemployment.

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