Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/144700 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IEHAS Discussion Papers No. MT-DP - 2016/2
Publisher: 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Budapest
Abstract: 
It is common practice in the literature to compute labor flows from data on stocks. To use these flows in standard search models, it is assumed that the economically relevant movements occur between employment and unemployment. If there are significant flows between labor force participation and inactivity, ignoring the participation decision can lead to biased results. This paper shows that while with three states it is impossible to identify all the flows from publicly available data on stocks, partial identification is possible. A new method is described, which allows the computation of the transition probabilities that are most relevant from a macroeconomic perspective. The method is easy to use, and the paper describes the detailed steps for its implementation to potential users.
Subjects: 
Labor flows
Inactivity
Measurement
Macro data
JEL: 
C82
J21
J63
J64
ISBN: 
978-615-5594-27-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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