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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Ron P.en
dc.contributor.authorZoega, Gylfien
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:05:17Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:05:17Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/17971-
dc.description.abstractOECD unemployment rates show long swings which dominate shorter business cycle components and these long swings show a range of common patterns. Using a panel of 21 OECD countries 1960-2002, we estimate the common factor that drives unemployment by the first principal component. This factor has a natural interpretation as a measure of global expected returns, which is given added plausibility by the fact that it is almost identical to the common factor driving investment shares. We estimate a model of unemployment adjustment, which allows for the influence both of the global factor and of labour market institutions and we examine whether the global factor can act as a proxy for the natural rate in a Phillips Curve. In 15 out of the 21 countries one cannot reject that the same natural rate, as a function of the global factor, appears in both the unemployment and inflation equations. In explaining both unemployment and inflation, the global factor is highly significant, suggesting that models which ignore the global dimension are likely to be deficient.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aEconomics Discussion Papers |x2007-48en
dc.subject.jelE2en
dc.subject.jelJ1en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordUnemployment dynamicsen
dc.subject.keywordlabour market institutions investmenten
dc.subject.keywordprincipal componentsen
dc.subject.keywordglobal factorsen
dc.titleGlobal Factors, Unemployment Adjustment and the Natural Rate-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn55841365Xen
dc.rights.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/deed.enen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifwedp:6806en

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