Long‐term Unemployment in the Canadian Labor Market

Matthew Robertson

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1986, vol. 45, issue 3, 277-290

Abstract: Abstract. Examination of the distribution of long‐term unemployment in the Canadian labor market employing longitudinal administrative unemployment insurance data for the 1975–79 period indicates that over relatively long time periods, unemployment tends to be concentrated among those who have multiple unemployment episodes over time. By implication, high unemployment spell frequencies indicate a high propensity for re‐employment. A great deal of long‐term unemployment is found in lower skilled occupations and in seasonal occupations and industries. Youth and adult women comprise a proportion of long‐term unemployed roughly commensurate with their share of the labor force.

Date: 1986
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