Determinants of lifetime unemployment: A micro data analysis with censored quantile regressions

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The empirical literature on unemployment almost exclusively focuses on the duration of distinct unemployment spells. In contrast we use a large German administrative micro data set for the time span 19752004 to investigate individual lifetime unemployment (defined as the total length of all unemployment spells over a 25-year period). This new perspective enables us to answer questions regarding the long-term distribution and determinants of unemployment for West German birth cohorts 19501954. We find that lifetime unemployment is highly unevenly distributed and employ censored quantile regressions to show that, for men, pursuing a disadvantageous occupation early in the professional career leads to a significantly higher amount of lifetime unemployment.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IAB-Discussion Paper ; No. 3/2010

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: lifetime unemployment ; censored quantile regressions ; occupation-specific human capital

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schmillen, Achim ; Möller, Joachim
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)
• (where): Nürnberg
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/32709
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