Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/152346 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Economics [ISSN:] 2193-8997 [Volume:] 4 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 1-10
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Labour market transition rates are typically estimated using survey data, which are mainly carried out at monthly or quarterly frequency. I argue that rates from surveys at different frequencies are not comparable, even if corrected for time aggregation. I estimate labour market transition rates using monthly and quarterly frequency CPS data. I apply a time-aggregation correction to make them comparable. I find notable differences in terms of levels and volatilities. While the continuous time-aggregation correction does not alter the unemployment decomposition using the monthly survey, it does so when using the quarterly survey.
Subjects: 
Job-finding rate
Job-separation rate
Transition rates
Time-aggregation correction
Unemployment decomposition
JEL: 
E24
J60
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Article

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