Advances in the theory and measurement of unemployment : Sapir conference : Papers

A collection of papers which analyzes and measures unemployment as a search activity, discusses efficiency wage models and which considers the impact of government and unions on employment and unemployment. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-4 Search, Applications and Vacancies....Pages 5-19 A Stigma Theory of Unemployment Duration....Pages 20-56 A Structural Model of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Effects on the Incidence and Duration of Unemployment....Pages 57-81 On the Estimation of Labour Force Participation, Job Search, and Job Matching Models Using Panel Data....Pages 82-112 Unemployment Behaviour: Evidence from the CPS Work Experience Survey....Pages 113-153 Front Matter....Pages 155-158 Why Do Firms Monitor Workers?....Pages 159-171 Do Deferred Wages Eliminate the Need for Involuntary Unemployment as a Worker Discipline Device?....Pages 172-203 Efficiency Wages Reconsidered: Theory and Evidence....Pages 204-240 Front Matter....Pages 241-244 Job Security and Unemployment....Pages 245-267 The Classical Unemployment Hypothesis and International Comparisons of Labour Market Behaviour....Pages 268-303 Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain Over Employment?....Pages 304-322 The Persistence of Unemployment in a Dynamic Insider-Outsider Model....Pages 323-335 Back Matter....Pages 337-341