Regional variations in the competitiveness of unemployed job-seekers and the rate of outflows from unemployment

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-90

  Robson, Martin T ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040970603     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00209     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Anderson, T. W. and Hsiao, C. (1981). 'Estimation of Dynamic Models with Error Components', Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 76, pp. 589-606.
2. Armstrong, H. and Taylor, J. (1985). 'Spatial Variations in the Male Unemployment Inflow Rate', Applied Economics, Vol. 17, pp. 41-54.
3. Baker, S., Hogan, S. and Ragan, C. (1996). 'Is There Compelling Evidence Against Increasing Returns to Matching in the Labour Market?', Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 31, pp. 976-93.
4. Bennet, R. J. and Pinto, R. R. (1994). 'The Hiring Function in Local Labour Markets in Britain', Environment and Planning A, Vol. 26, pp. 1957-74.
5. van den Berg, G. J. and van Ours, J. C. (1994). 'Unemployment Dynamics and Duration Dependence in France, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom', Economic Journal, Vol. 104, pp. 432-43.
6. Broersma, L. (1997). 'Competition Between Employed and Unemployed Job Searchers: is There a Difference Between the UK and the Netherlands?', Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 4, pp. 199-203.
7. Burgess, S. (1993). 'A Model of Competition Between Unemployed and Employed Job Searchers: An Application to the Unemployment Outflow Rate in Britain', Economic Journal, Vol. 103, pp. 1190-1204.
8. Burgess, S. and Profit, S. (1998). 'Externalities in the Matching of Workers and Firms in Britain', mimeo, Department of Economics, University of Bristol.
9. Coles, M. (1994). 'Understanding the Matching Function: the Role of Newspapers and Agencies', Discussion Paper No. 939, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
10. Coles, M. and Smith, E. (1995). 'Marketplaces and Matchings', Discussion Paper No. 1048, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
11. Coles, M. G. and Smith, E. (1996). 'Cross-Section Estimation of the Matching Function: Evidence from England and Wales', Economica, Vol. 63, pp. 589-97.
12. Dolton, P. and O'Neill, D. (1995). 'The Impact of Restart on Reservation Wages and Long-Term Unemployment', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 57, pp. 451 -70.
13. Dolton, P. and O'Neill, D. (1996). 'Unemployment Duration and the Restart Effect: Some Experimental Evidence', Economic Journal, Vol. 106, pp. 387-400.
14. Dor, E., van der Linden, B. and Lopez-Novella, M. (1997). 'On Labour Market Policies and Aggregate Unemployment Outflows', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 59, pp. 109-31.
15. Evans, P. and McCormick, B. (1994). 'The New Pattern of Regional Unemployment: Causes and Policy Significance', Economic Journal, Vol. 104, pp. 633-47.
16. Godfrey, L. G. (1994). 'Testing for Serial Correlation by Variable Addition in Dynamic Models Estimated by Instrumental Variables', Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 76, pp. 550-9.
17. Green, A., Gregg, P. and Wadsworth, J. (1997). 'Regional Unemployment Changes in Britain', in Lawless, P., Martin, R. L. and Hardy, S. (eds), Unemployment and Social Exclusion: Landscapes of Labour Market Inequality, London, Jessica Kingsley.
18. Gregg, P. and Petrongolo, B. (1997). 'Random or Non-Random Matching? Implications for the Use of the UV Curve as a Measure of Matching Performance', Discussion Paper No. 348, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.
19. Harris, R. I. D. (1996). 'Estimating Unemployment Inflows, Outflows and Long-Term Unemployment in Britain Using the Cointegration Approach', Applied Economics, Vol. 28, pp. 1199-1212.
20. Jackman, R. and Layard, R. (1991). 'Does Long-Term Unemployment Reduce a Person's Chance of a Job? A Time Series Test', Economica, Vol. 58, pp. 93-106.
21. Jackman, R., Layard, R. and Pissarides, C. (1989). 'On Vacancies', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 51, pp. 377-94.
22. Jackman, R. and Savouri, S. (1992). 'Regional Migration in Britain: An Analysis of Gross Flows using NHS Central Register Data', Economic Journal, Vol. 102, pp. 1433-50.
23. Junankar, P. N. and Price, S. (1984). 'The Dynamics of Unemployment: Structural Change and Unemployment Flows', Economic Journal, Vol. 94, Conference Supplement, pp. 158-65.
24. Layard, R., Nickell, S. and Jackman, R. (1991). Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
25. Lehmann, H. (1993). 'The Effectiveness of the Restart Programme and the Enterprise Allowance Scheme', Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, Discussion Paper No. 139.
26. Martin, R. (1997). 'Regional Unemployment Disparities and their Dynamics', Regional Studies, Vol. 31, pp. 237-52.
27. Martin, R. and Sunley, P. (1997). 'Unemployment Flow Regimes and Regional Unemployment Disparities', ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, Working Paper no. 68.
28. Mumford, K. and Smith, P. N. (1999). 'The Hiring Function Reconsidered: On Closing the Circle', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 61, pp. 343-64.
29. Nickell, S. (1981). 'Biases in Dynamic Models with Fixed Effects', Econometrica, Vol. 49, pp. 1417-26.
30. Nickell, S. (1982). 'The Determinants of Equilibrium Unemployment in Britain', Economic Journal, Vol. 92, pp. 555-75.
31. van Ours, J. C. (1995). 'An Empirical Note on Employed and Unemployed Job Search', Economics Letters, Vol. 49, pp. 447-52.
32. Pissarides, C. (1986). 'Unemployment and Vacancies in Britain', Economic Policy, Vol. 3, pp. 499-540.
33. Pissarides, C. (1994). 'Search Unemployment With On-the-Job Search', Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 61, pp. 457-75.
34. Robson, M. T. (1996). 'Macroeconomic Factors in the Birth and Death of UK Firms: Evidence From Quarterly VAT Registrations', The Manchester School, Vol. 64, pp. 170-88.
35. Storey, D. (1994). Understanding the Small Business Sector, London, Routledge.
36. Taylor, J. and Bradley, S. (1997). 'Unemployment in Europe: a Comparative Analysis of Regional Disparities in Germany, Italy and the UK', Kyklos, Vol. 50, pp. 221-45.