Determinants of lifetime unemployment: a micro data analysis with censored quantile regressions

Achim Schmillen and Joachim Möller

No 201003, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "The empirical literature on unemployment almost exclusively focuses on the duration of distinct unemployment spells. In contrast we use a large German administrative micro data set for the time span 1975-2004 to investigate individual lifetime unemployment (defined as the total length of all unemployment spells over a 25-year period). This new perspective enables us to answer questions regarding the long-term distribution and determinants of unemployment for West German birth cohorts 1950-1954. We find that lifetime unemployment is highly unevenly distributed and employ censored quantile regressions to show that, for men, pursuing a disadvantageous occupation early in the professional career leads to a significantly higher amount of lifetime unemployment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Westdeutschland; Beruf; Determinanten; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe; Lebenslauf; Arbeitslosigkeit; 1975-2004 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2010
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Working Paper: Determinants of Lifetime Unemployment: A Micro Data Analysis with Censored Quantile Regressions (2010)
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