Unemployment in Canada and the United States: A Further Analysis
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During the 1980s a substantial gap emerged between unemployment rates in Canada and the United States. In this paper, we use microdata from labour force surveys at the beginning and the end of the decade to examine the sources of the emergent gap.Download Info
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Paper provided by UBC Department of Economics in its series UBC Departmental Archives with number 96-09.Length: 25 pages
Date of creation: 1996
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Handle: RePEc:ubc:bricol:96-09
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Keywords: UNEMPLOYMENT; CANADA; UNITED STATES; LABOUR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE;Other versions of this item:
- David Card & Craig Riddell, 1996. "Unemployment in Canada and the United States: A Further Analysis," Working Papers 731, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
- J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - General
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
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"Shifting Skill Demand and the Canada-US Unemployment Gap: Evidence from Prime-Age Men,"
Canadian Public Policy,
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- Peter Kuhn (McMaster) & A. Leslie Robb (McMaster), . "Shifting Skill Demand and the Canada-US Unemployment Gap: Evidence from Prime-Age Men," Canadian International Labour Network Working Papers 01, McMaster University.
- David Card & Raj Chetty & Andrea Weber, 2007.
"The Spike at Benefit Exhaustion: Leaving the Unemployment System or Starting a New Job?,"
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American Economic Association, vol. 97(2), pages 113-118, May.
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