Long-Term Unemployment and the Great Recession: The Role of Composition, Duration Dependence, and Nonparticipation | Zendy

Kory Kroft | Zendy; Fabian Lange | Zendy; Matthew Notowidigdo | Zendy; Lawrence F. Katz | Zendy

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Long-Term Unemployment and the Great Recession: The Role of Composition, Duration Dependence, and Nonparticipation

Author(s) -

Kory Kroft,

Fabian Lange,

Matthew Notowidigdo,

Lawrence F. Katz

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of labor economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 8.184

H-Index - 109

eISSN - 1537-5307

pISSN - 0734-306X

DOI - 10.1086/682390

Subject(s) - unemployment , current population survey , duration (music) , economics , matching (statistics) , term (time) , great recession , recession , beveridge curve , panel data , population , demographic economics , labour economics , econometrics , unemployment rate , keynesian economics , macroeconomics , demography , statistics , mathematics , art , literature , sociology , physics , quantum mechanics

We explore the role of composition, duration dependence, and labor force nonparticipation in accounting for the sharp increase in the incidence of long-term unemployment (LTU) during the Great Recession. We show that compositional shifts account for very little of the observed increase in LTU. Using panel data from the Current Population Survey for 2002–7, we calibrate a matching model that allows for duration dependence in unemployment and transitions between employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. The calibrated model accounts for almost all of the increase in LTU and much of the observed outward shift in the Beveridge curve between 2008 and 2013.

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