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Heterogeneity versus duration dependence with competing risks: an application to the labor market

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  • Richard Robb
  • Halina Frydman
  • Andrew Robertson

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Two hypotheses can explain the declining probability of gaining employment as an unemployment spell wears on: heterogeneity of the unemployed versus duration dependence. The nonparametric tests developed in the literature for testing duration dependence would not account for the fact that an unemployment spell can terminate in other ways than employment. The nonparametric tests developed in this paper extend, under certain conditions, those tests to competing risks. We illustrate our test using US unemployment data in which we find little consistent evidence for duration dependence. © 2017 The Authors. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Richard Robb & Halina Frydman & Andrew Robertson, 2017. "Heterogeneity versus duration dependence with competing risks: an application to the labor market," Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(5), pages 465-475, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:apsmbi:v:33:y:2017:i:5:p:465-475
    DOI: 10.1002/asmb.2242
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