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Behind the Curve: Econometric Estimation and Sectoral Decomposition of the Japanese Beveridge Curve’s Evolution Around the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Corrado Di Guilmi
  • Georgia K. Rylah

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This paper examines the Japanese Beveridge curve in order to identify a possible structural break prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. We utilize two levels of analysis to detect a break in the relationship between unemployment and vacancies and determine its timing and potential causes. First, the relationship for the period January 2000 - June 2023 is estimated by means of a Vector Error Correction Model. We detect a structural break in November 2019 and find evidence of change in the relationship between unemployment and vacancies as early as 2018. Second, we use disaggregated vacancy and unemployment data to analyze the Beverdige curves for sub-groups at the occupational, industrial, and contractual levels and carry on an extensive mismatch analysis. We find that services-related industries and occupations contributed to a relatively larger extent to the break in the curve. Counterfactual experiments suggest that the decline in vacancies and the increase in unemployment recorded during the pandemic period were amplified by the break.

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  • Corrado Di Guilmi & Georgia K. Rylah, 2024. "Behind the Curve: Econometric Estimation and Sectoral Decomposition of the Japanese Beveridge Curve’s Evolution Around the COVID-19 Pandemic," CAMA Working Papers 2024-20, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:een:camaaa:2024-20
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    Keywords

    Beveridge curve; Vector Error Correction Model; labor market mismatch;
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    JEL classification:

    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General

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