TY - JOUR

T1 - Time variation in the dynamics of worker flows

T2 - evidence from North America and Europe

AU - Campolieti, Michele

AU - Gefang, Deborah

AU - Koop, Gary

PY - 2014/3

Y1 - 2014/3

N2 - Vector autoregressive methods have been used to model the interrelationships between job vacancy rates, job separation rates and job-finding rates using tools such as impulse response analysis. We investigate whether such impulse responses change across the business cycle or over time, by estimating time-varying parameter–vector autoregressions for data from North America (the USA and Canada) and Europe (France, Spain and the UK). While the adjustment process of the labour market to shocks in Canada and the USA is similar, we find the adjustment process differs much more across the European countries, with greater persistence in shocks relative to the USA and Canada.

AB - Vector autoregressive methods have been used to model the interrelationships between job vacancy rates, job separation rates and job-finding rates using tools such as impulse response analysis. We investigate whether such impulse responses change across the business cycle or over time, by estimating time-varying parameter–vector autoregressions for data from North America (the USA and Canada) and Europe (France, Spain and the UK). While the adjustment process of the labour market to shocks in Canada and the USA is similar, we find the adjustment process differs much more across the European countries, with greater persistence in shocks relative to the USA and Canada.

U2 - 10.1002/jae.2296

DO - 10.1002/jae.2296

M3 - Journal article

VL - 29

SP - 265

EP - 290

JO - Journal of Applied Econometrics

JF - Journal of Applied Econometrics

SN - 0883-7252

IS - 2

ER -