Fewer in Number but Harder to Employ: Incidence and Duration of Unemployment in an Economic Upswing

Erik Hernaes

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2001, vol. 103, issue 4, 585-597

Abstract: During an upswing in the Norwegian labour market in the early 1990s, inflow to unemployment fell by one‐quarter from October 1991 to October 1993. In contrast, the employment probabilities of the inflow rose much less for males and even decreased for females. A duration analysis showed that the average “employability” of the unemployment inflow declined due to lower previous income, a lower proportion with job experience, a higher proportion with previous unemployment experience, a higher proportion with immigrant background, and a lower proportion on recall. They were fewer in number, but harder to employ. JEL classification: E32; J64

Date: 2001
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