Unemployment Rates During the Not-So-Great Recovery: How Much is Structural versus Cyclical?

This paper presents evidence that the majority of the high post-recession unemployment rates is the result of an increase in the natural rate, rather than cyclical deviations from it. Moreover, I discuss the likely causes of the recent increases in the natural rate. Since most of the theorized cause...

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Main Author: Appleton, Nicole
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/762
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1799&context=cmc_theses