The persistence of unemployment in Canada and sectoral labour mobility /

This dissertation is an economic investigation into the persistency of Canadian unemployment. It examines whether this persistence is caused by sectoral shifts. Empirically, we test for persistence using the Cochrane Variance ratio and the modified rescaled range test statistics. We estimate unemplo...

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Main Author: Mikhail, Ossama.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2001
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