Duration Dependence and Heterogeneity in French Youth Unemployment Durations

Posted: 14 Dec 1999

See all articles by Gerard J. van den Berg

Gerard J. van den Berg

University of Groningen; VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Tinbergen Institute

Jan C. van Ours

Tilburg University - Department of Economics; University of Melbourne - Department of Economics

Abstract

This paper investigates the degree to which the individual exit rate out of unemployment for young job seekers changes as a function of the elapsed unemployment duration. We use a nonparametric estimation method for population data on outflows from different duration classes. The method also provides estimates of the amount of unobserved heterogeneity in these data. We explicitly take into account that individual exit rates are affected by the business cycle. The method is applied to population data on young French unemployed job seekers. The results are used for policy recommendations.

JEL Classification: J6

Suggested Citation

van den Berg, Gerard J. and van Ours, Jan C., Duration Dependence and Heterogeneity in French Youth Unemployment Durations. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=169519

Gerard J. Van den Berg (Contact Author)

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University of Melbourne - Department of Economics ( email )

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