Decomposition of the Unemployment Gap between Canada and the United States: Duration or Incidence?

Cédric Tille

Canadian Public Policy, 1998, vol. 24, issue s1, 90-102

Abstract: This paper examines whether the unemployment gap between Canada and the US arises from longer unemployment spells or a higher risk of experiencing unemployment in Canada, as the former case has stronger policy implications. We find that the Canadian situation is characterized by longer unemployment spells for men, and a higher risk of experiencing unemployment for women. This indicates that the policy against unemployment should be targeted on the long-term unemployed to reduce the future persistence of unemployment, and that further research in the exact causes of the higher duration of unemployment is relevant.

Date: 1998
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