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Who are the Unemployed?

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  • Christopher A. Pissarides
  • Jonathan Wadsworth

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This paper provides an analysis of the incidence of unemployment in Britain between 1979 and 1986. Using Labour Force Survey data, we attempt to quantify the extent to which different groups in the population are exposed to differential unemployment risk. We find strong evidence that unemployment incidence is dependent upon individual characteristics. This most important indicator of potential unemployment is a person's occupation. Recurrent and long term unemployment states are over-represented with manual workers.

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  • Christopher A. Pissarides & Jonathan Wadsworth, 1990. "Who are the Unemployed?," CEP Discussion Papers dp0012, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp0012
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    1. Rosen, Asa, 1997. "An equilibrium search-matching model of discrimination," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 41(8), pages 1589-1613, August.
    2. Pobeda Lukanova, 1999. "Short-term Unemployment - Strategies and Policies for its Limitation," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 3, pages 172-197.
    3. Sloane, Peter J. & Gazioglu, Saziye, 1996. "Immigration and occupational status: A study of Bangladeshi and Turkish fathers and sons in the London labour market," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 3(4), pages 399-424, December.

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