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Albanesi, Stefania; Silva, António Dias da; Jimeno, Juan F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We examine the link between labour market developments and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and software in 16 European countries over the period 2011- 2019. Using data for occupations at the 3-digit level in Europe, we find that on average employment shares have increased...

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Hysteresis in Unemployment : Evidence from OECD Estimates of the Natural Rate

Ball, Laurence M.; Onken, Joern - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper studies the dynamics of unemployment (u) and its natural rate (u*), with u* measured by real-time estimates …

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Hysteresis in Unemployment : Old and New Evidence

Ball, Laurence M. - 2009

This paper argues that hysteresis helps explain the long-run behavior of unemployment. The natural rate of unemployment … is influenced by the path of actual unemployment, and hence by shifts in aggregate demand. I review past evidence for …

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Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ball, Laurence M. - 2011

This study constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores the … determinants of unemployment. We compare different countries, finding that unemployment is influenced by the size of the rural … unemployment over time, finding that they are caused by contractions in aggregate demand. These demand contractions result from …

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Okun's Law : Fit at Fifty?

Ball, Laurence M. - 2013

This paper asks how well Okun's Law fits short-run unemployment movements in the United States since 1948 and in twenty … the unemployment rate - varies substantially across countries. This variation is partly explained by idiosyncratic …

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