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Unemployment persistence: the case of Sweden

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  • Bengt Assarsson
  • Per Jansson

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An unobserved components time-series model is used to examine the persistence in Swedish unemployment. Three sources of unemployment persistence are identified: natural rate shocks; hysteresis; and persistent cycles. Hysteresis effects are modelled by allowing cyclical unemployment to have a lagged effect on the natural rate. The evidence suggests that the course of unemployment in Sweden has mainly been determined by natural rate shocks. This is especially the case for the large increase during the early 1990s, but also for the smaller changes between 1970 and the late 1980s. Hysteresis effects are also present but they are less important because of the relatively small cyclical changes.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Applied Economics Letters.

Volume (Year): 5 (1998)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 25-29

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Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:5:y:1998:i:1:p:25-29

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Cited by:
  1. Bertil Holmlund, 2003. "The Rise and Fall of Swedish Unemployment," CESifo Working Paper Series 918, CESifo Group Munich.
  2. Österholm, Pär, 2009. "Unemployment and Labour Force Participation in Sweden," Working Paper 113, National Institute of Economic Research.
  3. Eriksson, S. & Gottfries, N., 2000. "Ranking of Job Applicants, On-the-Job Search and Persistent Unemployment," Papers 2000:3, Uppsala - Working Paper Series.
  4. Magnus Gustavsson & Par Osterholm, 2006. "Hysteresis and non-linearities in unemployment rates," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 13(9), pages 545-548.

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