Alternative Measures of the Average Duration of Unemployment

Andrew Heisz and Miles Corak

Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

Abstract:

This paper examines the robustness of a measure of the average complete duration of unemployment in Canada to a host of assumptions used in its derivation. In contrast to the average incomplete duration of unemployment, which is a lagging cyclical indicator, this statistic is a coincident indicator of the business cycle. The impact of using a steady state as opposed to a non steady state assumption, as well as the impact of various corrections for response bias are explored. It is concluded that a non steady state estimator would be a valuable compliment to the statistics on unemployment duration that are currently released by many statistical agencies, and particularly Statistics Canada.

Keywords: Data analysis; Employment and unemployment; Labour; Labour mobility; turnover and work absences; Statistical methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-12-30
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Journal Article: ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF THE AVERAGE DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT (1996)
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