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Living in unemployment or who experiences a high unemployment burden?

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  • A. Nikolaou
  • I. Theodossiou

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The paper examines the distribution of unemployment experience in Britain within the framework of the Han and Hausman semi-parametric estimator, which has the advantage of circumventing problems associated with individual heterogeneity arising from unobserved individual characteristics. The results imply that the unemployment burden is unequally distributed among the working population. Males and females bear an unequal unemployment burden. The study casts light on the characteristics of those individuals who are most likely to experience a high unemployment burden.

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  • A. Nikolaou & I. Theodossiou, 2003. "Living in unemployment or who experiences a high unemployment burden?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(11), pages 1271-1276.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:35:y:2003:i:11:p:1271-1276
    DOI: 10.1080/003684032000090690
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