TY - JOUR
T1 - Regional and gender differentials in the persistence of unemployment in Europe
AU - Baussola, Maurizio Luigi
AU - Mussida, Chiara
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The persistence of unemployment increased during the recent great recession in many European countries, although with diversified impacts. We therefore analyse such impacts in four European countries–Italy, Spain, France and the UK–which represent different institutional frameworks and may reflect the so-called continental European and Anglo-Saxon frameworks. We analyse the determinants of unemployment persistence using individual-level data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) panel for the period 2007–2013. These data enable us to take into account initial conditions and state dependence in addition to individual and household characteristics. We focus on gender and regional effects, which have a strong impact on the persistence in the state of unemployment. We find that gender gap is significant in Italy and the UK, implying that male workers show a higher probability of remaining unemployed. In Italy, such a pattern is due to the worsening of male workers’ conditions during the crisis, whereas in the UK, male workers show higher unemployment rates than women. Regional effects are significant in all countries analysed and underline a relevant structural factor that should be addressed on policy grounds in Europe. Such effects are greater in Spain and Italy.
AB - The persistence of unemployment increased during the recent great recession in many European countries, although with diversified impacts. We therefore analyse such impacts in four European countries–Italy, Spain, France and the UK–which represent different institutional frameworks and may reflect the so-called continental European and Anglo-Saxon frameworks. We analyse the determinants of unemployment persistence using individual-level data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) panel for the period 2007–2013. These data enable us to take into account initial conditions and state dependence in addition to individual and household characteristics. We focus on gender and regional effects, which have a strong impact on the persistence in the state of unemployment. We find that gender gap is significant in Italy and the UK, implying that male workers show a higher probability of remaining unemployed. In Italy, such a pattern is due to the worsening of male workers’ conditions during the crisis, whereas in the UK, male workers show higher unemployment rates than women. Regional effects are significant in all countries analysed and underline a relevant structural factor that should be addressed on policy grounds in Europe. Such effects are greater in Spain and Italy.
KW - Economics and Econometrics
KW - Unemployment persistence
KW - comparison across countries
KW - gender differential
KW - initial conditions
KW - persitence of unemployment
KW - state dependence
KW - unemployment
KW - Economics and Econometrics
KW - Unemployment persistence
KW - comparison across countries
KW - gender differential
KW - initial conditions
KW - persitence of unemployment
KW - state dependence
KW - unemployment
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/97029
UR - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02692171.asp
U2 - 10.1080/02692171.2016.1231801
DO - 10.1080/02692171.2016.1231801
M3 - Article
SN - 0269-2171
VL - 31
SP - 173
EP - 190
JO - International Review of Applied Economics
JF - International Review of Applied Economics
ER -