Unemployment and nonemployment: Heterogeneities in labor market states
Unemployment and nonemployment: Heterogeneities in labor market states
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DOI：
10.1162/rest.88.2.314
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发表时间：
2006-05-01
影响因子：
8
通讯作者：
Riddell, WC
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作者：
Jones, SRG;Riddell, WC
如何区分失业和不参与既重要又有争议。传统的方法采用先验推理和自我报告的当前行为。本文采用基于证据的劳动力状况分类，利用有关失业行为后果的信息。我们发现，边际依附——定义为渴望工作，但不寻找工作——是一种独特的劳动力市场状态，介于那些不想工作的人和失业者之间。此外，在这些非就业状态中存在重要的异质性。非参与者的两个子集——都从事等待——表现出与失业者相似的行为。
The determination of how to distinguish between unemployment and nonparticipation is important and controversial. The conventional approach employs a priori reasoning together with self-reported current behavior. This paper employs an evidence-based classification of labor force status using information about the consequences of the behavior of the nonemployed. We find that marginal attachment-defined as desiring work, although not searching-is a distinct labor market state, lying between those who do not desire work and the unemployed. Furthermore, important heterogeneities exist within these nonemployment states. Two subsets of nonparticipants-both engaged in waiting-display behavior similar to the unemployed.