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Asymmetry in the unemployment-output relationship over the business cycle: evidence from transition economies/ created by Emrah Çevik, Selahattin Dibooglu and Salih Barişik

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Comparative economic studies ; Volume 55, number 4Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISSN:
  • 08887233
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB90 COM
Online resources: Abstract: This study examines the presence of asymmetry in Okun's law for nine transition economies by means of a Markov regime-switching model. We examine the relationship between unemployment and real GDP to ascertain whether such changes are substantially different in downswing versus upswing regimes. The nonlinear model outperforms the linear model in all transition economies in the sample except for Slovenia. There is evidence that the Okun coefficients vary across regimes and countries. In most countries, cyclical unemployment is more sensitive to cyclical output in downswing regimzes than upswing regimes. We also find recoveries entail poor job growth in most transition economies.
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Journal Article Journal Article Main Library - Special Collections HB90 COM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Vol. 55, no.4 (pages 549-556) SP17886 Not for loan For In House Use Only

This study examines the presence of asymmetry in Okun's law for nine transition economies by means of a Markov regime-switching model. We examine the relationship between unemployment and real GDP to ascertain whether such changes are substantially different in downswing versus upswing regimes. The nonlinear model outperforms the linear model in all transition economies in the sample except for Slovenia. There is evidence that the Okun coefficients vary across regimes and countries. In most countries, cyclical unemployment is more sensitive to cyclical output in downswing regimzes than upswing regimes. We also find recoveries entail poor job growth in most transition economies.

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