Unemployment persistence: Is there evidence for stigma effects?

We explore the idea that a negative relationship between individual unemployment persistence and the business cycle can be interpreted as evidence for stigma effects. Our results suggest that there is weak evidence for stigma effects.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Biewen, Martin ; Steffes, Susanne
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 106.2010, 3, p. 188-190
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Unemployment persistence State dependence Human capital depreciation Stigma effects Scarring

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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