Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5060603 Economics Letters 2012 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
► A stylized fact of European unemployment data is one of extreme persistence. ► We test this hypothesis using data for Germany and France. ► The unit root hypothesis is resoundingly rejected in the case of both countries. ► We attribute the European unemployment experience to a steady rise in the natural rate.
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