Labor Market Adjustment in Canada and the United States /

This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the relative importance of different labor market adjustment mechanisms in Canada and the United States and also examines the effects of the unemployment insurance (UI) system on labor market adjustment. At the aggregate level, employment growth shock...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Alun
Other Authors: Prasad, Eswar
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/002
Online Access:Full text available on IMF