Okun's law: Place-of-birth-specific unemployment in Sweden

Umba Nsabimana ()
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Economics Bulletin, 2023, vol. 43, issue 3, 1539 - 1547

Abstract: This paper examines the sensitivity of place-of-birth-specific unemployment to business cycle fluctuations in Sweden by using Okun's law. The findings indicate that foreign-born males are more exposed to business cycle fluctuations in comparison to their Swedish-born counterparts. One plausible explanation for this disparity is the occupation of the former group, which tends to exhibit a more pronounced reaction to changes in the business cycle.

Keywords: Okun's law; Sweden; Swedish; unemployment; employment; macroeconomics; microeconomics; econometrics; foreign-born; Swedish-born; economy; business cycle fluctuations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E2 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09-30
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