THE LONG TERM GROWTH IN UNEMPLOYMENT

Goodridge, Stephen and Harding, Don and Lloyd, Peter (1995): THE LONG TERM GROWTH IN UNEMPLOYMENT.

Abstract

This paper examines the prospects for Australia meeting the Governments target to bring unemployment down to 5 per cent by the year 2000. Particular attention is paid to the effect of the business cycle on unemployment.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Institution: The University of Melbourne
• Language: English
• Keywords: Unemployment; Business Cycle; Productivity
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J68 - Public Policy; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings

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