Unemployment Duration and Exit States in Britain

Mark Taylor () and Böheim, René
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: René Böheim

No 2500, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: This Paper presents new evidence on the determinants of unemployment duration for men and women in Britain in the 1990s, using a nationally representative data set. It examines the impact of individual and local labour market characteristics on the probability of unemployment spells ending with moves into full and part-time employment, self-employment and economic inactivity. The data show that the median duration of unemployment spells among men, at 5 months, is almost double that for women, although much of this differential is explained by exits to part-time work and economic inactivity among women. Multivariate analysis suggests that policies to reduce unemployment duration and encourage full-time work, especially among men, should be targeted towards those aged 25 and over on entering unemployment and on increasing education levels. Mothers are found to have significantly lower exit rates into full-time work than both men and childless women.

Keywords: Unemployment; Unemployment duration; Job search; Competing risks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-07
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