Capital Accumulation and Unemployment: A Tale of Two "Continents"

Jim Malley and Thomas Moutos

No 236, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: In contrast to much recent work regarding the causes of European unemployment, in this paper, we emphasise the importance of capital accumulation. But unlike the few previous studies which have examined the relationship between capital accumulation and unemployment, we argue that what matters for the evolution of employment [and the unemployment rate] is not the absolute growth rate of a country\rquote s capital stock, but its evolution relative to other countries' capital stock. The empirical validity of the above statement is demonstrated for almost all OECD countries using quarterly time-series data from 1961-1995. More detailed evidence is also presented for Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Keywords: Unemployment; capital accumulation; international competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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Journal Article: Capital Accumulation and Unemployment: A Tale of Two “Continents” (2001)
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