Endogeneity in Structural Unemployment Equations : The Case of Canada.

This paper examines the endogeneity of several structural variables which enter unemployment rate equations-the generosity of unemployment benefits, nonwage labor costs, the relative minimum wage, and the degree of unionization. It finds evidence of reverse causality for these structural variables b...

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Ente Autore: International Monetary Fund
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1993.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1993/094
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF
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