Aggregate Matching in Spain : Time Series Analysis Using Cointegration Techniques

• Autorzy: Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

I analyze the matching process in the Spanish labor market from 1994-2005. I use monthly registered unemployment data and refer solely to public employment intermediation. This period reflects an upward movement along a downward sloping Beveridge curve; therefore, major changes in the process efficiency should not be observed. I narrow the considerations to a job queuing model, which is the most relevant description of the labor market matching process in Spain, according to the literature. I apply various quantitative methods to address the problem of non-stationary data. The Engle-Granger estimates emphasize the crucial role of the demand in generating the outflows from unemployment to employment. The ECT coefficient confirms that the model efficiently approaches the new equilibrium. These findings confirm that job seekers find themselves on the disadvantaged side of the market and compete for scarce job offers, which, in turn, are ascribed randomly to the workers. The diagnostic tests of the VAR models question the relevance of a multivariate space analysis because the outflow from unemployment to employment appears to be the sole endogenous variable. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Labour market; Time-series analysis; Diagnostic test

PL

Rynek pracy; Analiza szeregów czasowych; Badanie diagnostyczne

• Czasopismo: Contemporary Economics
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 10
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 5--11

Twórcy

autor

Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak

• Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

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DOI

10.5709/ce.1897-9254.194