The dynamics of regional unemployment in the UK, 1974–89

Chapman, Paul

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“…4 Although a great deal of research has already been carried out to extend this model 5 , it has also been criticised concurrently. One objective concern the instability of the cyclical component to the chosen estimation period (Dunn, 1982;Owen and Gillespie, 1982;Byers, 1990;Chapman, 1991). Another objective is that models linking regional and national unemployment are 'theoretically agnostic'.…”

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“…Another objective is that models linking regional and national unemployment are 'theoretically agnostic'. Apart from the inverse relationship between the national unemployment rate and the willingness to migrate (Gordon, 1988), there is no hypothesis on the existence of that relationship, nor why it should vary across regions (Chapman, 1991;Martin, 1997). The final objective is that the nature of the relationship between the regional and the national unemployment rate is an equilibrium relationship, rather than a cyclical one.…”

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The Mystery of Regional Unemployment Differentials: Theoretical and Empirical Explanations

Elhorst

2003

Journal of Economic Surveys

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Abstract. This paper provides an integrated overview of theoretical and empirical explanations used in the applied literature on regional unemployment differentials. On the basis of 41 empirical studies, four different model types covering nine theoretical constructs of regional unemployment determination and 13 sets of explanatory variables are identified. The overall conclusion is that theoretical and empirical explanations help to reduce the weaknesses in each other. While theory is found to predict that the regional unemployment rate depends on labour supply factors (a collection of factors which affect natural changes in the labour force, labour force participation, migration and commuting), labour demand factors and wage‐setting factors, it is the empirical studies that provide a more profound understanding of the explanatory variables involved. Conversely, whereas most empirical studies provide clear‐cut explanations for the signs of the explanatory variables, it is theory that shows that some of these explanations might be out of proportion. By grouping many studies together, this paper shows that there are indeed clear‐cut trends.

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Section: The Cyclical Sensitivity Modelmentioning

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The Mystery of Regional Unemployment Differentials: Theoretical and Empirical Explanations

Elhorst

2003

Journal of Economic Surveys

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“…See also Brunello et al (2001) and Jimeno and Bentolila (1998). 30 On this point see, among others, Chapman (1991) and Martin (1997). 31 Dixon and Shepherd also argue against regressing the regional unemployment rates on the national, as part of the correlation will be "spurious".…”

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The nature of regional unemployment in Italy

Lanzafame

2009

Empir Econ

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. years, the paper investigates the pure hysteresis hypothesis for regional unemployment rates in Italy. Relying both on univariate and panel unit-root tests, we can confidently reject the unit-root hypothesis. The implication of this result is that, however persistent, shocks to regional unemployment will be temporary. We, then, proceed to estimate the NAIRU for each of the 20 Italian regions. Our estimates of the regional NAIRUs turn out to be fairly precise and allow us to draw two interesting conclusions. Firstly, the hypothesis of constant regional NAIRUs between 1977 and 2003 is supported by the data. Secondly, we find that there is a significant degree of heterogeneity among the regional NAIRUs. Finally, we investigate the cyclical behaviour of regional unemployment and find that region-specific demand shocks play a major role. Terms of use: Documents inAcknowledgements: I would like to thank, without implicating, Prof. Tony Thirlwall and Dr.Miguel León-Ledesma for helpful comments and suggestions.

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“…Under relative short time spans, however, it may be the case that U follows an untrended I (1) process, having a non-stationary degree of persistence, as discussed by León-Ledesma and McAdam (2004). Empirical evidence on local unemployment has been mixed and can be verified in Chapman (1991), Jimeno and Bentolila (1998), Payne et al (1999), Maki-Arvela (2003), Gray (2004), and Galiani et al (2005).…”

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