Is the Discouraged Worker Effect Time-Varying?

Carlo Altavilla ()

CELPE Discussion Papers from CELPE (Centre of Labour Economics and Economic Policy), University of Salerno, Italy

Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between the female labour force participation and the female employment rate in Italy by adopting non-linear econometric modelling. In our specification we are unable to reject a nonlinear relationship. This implies that the discouraged worker effect is timevarying.

Keywords: Discouraged Workers; Non-linearity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 C32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-09
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