Structural Change in the Distribution of Unemployment Duration in Canada, 1978-82

Charles Beach and Stephan Kaliski

Working Paper from Economics Department, Queen's University

Abstract: This paper empirically examines entire distributions of unemployment spells according to a novel duration-share approach based on decile shares and Lorenz curves of unemployment. The approach is applied to Canadian micro-data. The approach reveals distinctive patterns of unemployment spell distributions by sex, age, education, and region. A considerable concentration of unemployment is in long duration spells. Significant cyclical effects on the distribution of unemployment spells associated with the recession of 1982.

Pages: 38 pages
Date: 1985
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