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| Title: | | Determinants of lifetime unemployment: a micro data analysis with censored quantile regressions  |
| Authors: | | Schmillen, Achim Möller, Joachim |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 4751 |
| Abstract: | | The empirical literature on unemployment almost exclusively focuses on the duration of distinct unemployment spells. In contrast, we use a large German administrative micro data set for the time span 1975-2004 to investigate individual lifetime unemployment (defined as the total length of all unemployment spells over a 25-year period). This new perspective enables us to answer questions regarding the long-term distribution and determinants of unemployment for West German birth cohorts 1950-1954. We find that lifetime unemployment is highly unevenly distributed and employ censored quantile regressions to show that, for men, pursuing a disadvantageous occupation early in the professional career leads to a significantly higher amount of lifetime unemployment. |
| Subjects: | | Lifetime unemployment censored quantile regressions occupation-specific human capital |
| JEL: | | J64 J24 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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