Uncertainty and Unemployment : The Effects of Aggregate and Sectoral Channels /

We study the role of uncertainty shocks in explaining unemployment dynamics, separating out the role of aggregate and sectoral channels. Using S and P500 data from the first quarter of 1957 to third quarter of 2014, we construct separate indices to measure aggregate and sectoral uncertainty and comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Choi, Sangyup
Other Authors: Loungani, Prakash
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/036
Online Access:Full text available on IMF