Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193430 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 445 [Publisher:] Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2018
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Measuring employment and unemployment is essential for economic policy. Internationally agreed measures (e.g. headcount employment and unemployment rates based on standard definitions) enhance comparability across time and space, but changes in real labor markets and policy agendas challenge these traditional conventions. Boundaries between different labor market states are blurred, complicating identification. Individual experiences in each state may vary considerably, highlighting the importance of how each employed or unemployed person is weighted in statistical indices.
Subjects: 
employment
unemployment
inactivity
work intensity
search intensity
JEL: 
J21
J31
J64
J82
J23
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Document Type: 
Article

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