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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Ron P.en
dc.contributor.authorZoega, Gylfien
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:06:16Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:06:16Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.citation|aEconomics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal|c1864-6042|v2|h2008-22|nKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)|lKiel|y2008|p1-29en
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2008-22en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18035-
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.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.subject.stwArbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwKonjunkturen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktflexibilisierungen
dc.subject.stwNatürliche Arbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwPhillips-Kurveen
dc.subject.stwFaktorenanalyseen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwOECD-Staatenen
dc.titleGlobal Factors, Unemployment Adjustment and the Natural Rate-
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.ppn572163878en
dc.rights.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/deed.enen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifweej:7348en
econstor.citation.journaltitleEconomics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journalen
econstor.citation.issn1864-6042en
econstor.citation.volume2en
econstor.citation.issue2008-22en
econstor.citation.publisherKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)en
econstor.citation.publisherplaceKielen
econstor.citation.year2008en
econstor.citation.startpage1en
econstor.citation.endpage29en

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