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“The Great Recession in the U.K. Labour Market: A Transatlantic View”. Michael W. L. Elsby (Edinburgh, Michigan, NBER) Jennifer C. Smith (Warwick) Bank of England, 25 March 2011. U.K. and U.S. unemployment. Ages 16 and over. Sources: ONS, BLS. Unemployment flows. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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“The Great Recession in the U.K. Labour Market: A Transatlantic View”
Michael W. L. Elsby (Edinburgh, Michigan, NBER)
Jennifer C. Smith (Warwick)
Bank of England, 25 March 2011
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U.K. and U.S. unemployment
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100
2.5
5
7.5
10
12.5
15
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subtitleTitle XlabelYlabelLeft Percent of labour force
U.K. unemployment rate (LFS)
U.S. unemploymentrate (CPS)
Ages 16 and over. Sources: ONS, BLS.
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Unemployment flows
• Why is looking at unemployment flows useful?• Law of Motion for Unemployment:
Change in unemployment = inflows – outflows.• Rearrange:
“Flow steady state” unemployment rateThe (time-varying) target at which actual unemployment is always aiming.
1 1t t t t tU s E f U
* tt
t t
su
s f
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Unemployment flows
• Why is looking at unemployment flows useful?• Law of Motion for Unemployment:
Change in unemployment = inflows – outflows.• Rearrange:
where
Change in log unemployment rate≈ Change in log inflow rate
minus Change in log outflow rate
1 1t t t t tU s E f U
*ln ln( ) ln( )t t t tu s f *11t tu
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1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
0.100
1.000
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subtitleTitle XlabelClaimant outflow rate U to E transition rate
Claimant outflow rate
Series3
Unemployment outflow rates
Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS NOMIS, GB (data from Petrongolo and Pissarides (2008) prior to 1983), LFS microdata, and using Shimer’s (2007) method on BLS CPS duration data.
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1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
0.100
1.000
0.200
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subtitleTitle XlabelClaimant outflow rate U to E transition rate
Claimant outflow rate
U to E transitionrate (LFS)
Series3
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100.100
1.000
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subtitleTitle XlabelOutflow rate
Outflow rateRecession
Unemployment outflow rates
Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS NOMIS, GB (data from Petrongolo and Pissarides (2008) prior to 1983), LFS microdata, and using Shimer’s (2007) method on BLS CPS duration data.
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1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010contactsource
subtitleTitle XlabelClaimant inflow rate E to U transition rate
Claimant inflow rate
Series3
Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS NOMIS, GB (data from Petrongolo and Pissarides (2008) prior to 1983), LFS microdata, and using Shimer’s (2007) method on BLS CPS duration data.
Unemployment inflow rates
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1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010contactsource
subtitleTitle XlabelClaimant inflow rate E to U transition rate
Claimant inflow rate
E to U transition rate (LFS)
Series3
Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS NOMIS, GB (data from Petrongolo and Pissarides (2008) prior to 1983), LFS microdata, and using Shimer’s (2007) method on BLS CPS duration data.
Unemployment inflow rates
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Unemployment inflow rates
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
0.100
Inflow rate
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010contactsource
subtitleTitle XlabelClaimant inflow rate E to U transition rate
Claimant inflow rate
E to U transition rate (LFS)
Series3
Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS NOMIS, GB (data from Petrongolo and Pissarides (2008) prior to 1983), LFS microdata, and using Shimer’s (2007) method on BLS CPS duration data.
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U.K. unemployment inflow and outflow rates
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010contactsource
subtitleTitle XlabelClaimant inflow rate E to U transition rate
Claimant inflow rate
E to U transition rate (LFS)
Series3
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
0.100
1.000
0.200
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subtitleTitle XlabelClaimant outflow rate U to E transition rate
Claimant outflow rate
U to E transitionrate (LFS)
Series3
Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS NOMIS, GB (data from Petrongolo and Pissarides (2008) prior to 1983).
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U.S. unemployment inflow and outflow rates
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
0.100
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subtitleTitle XlabelInflow rate
Inflow rate
Recession
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100.100
1.000
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subtitleTitle XlabelOutflow rate
Outflow rateRecession
Sources: Authors’ calculations using Shimer’s (2007) method based on BLS CPS duration data.
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Ins or outs?
• 2-state model gives dynamics of steady state unemployment u*
t in terms of contributions from inflow and outflow rates:
• And contributions to variance of ln(u*t), beta*:
* *
*ln ln ln
s ft t
tu s ft t t t
Inflow rate contribution Outflow rate contributionC C
*
*
*
cov ln , ln
var ln
t t t
s
t
s u
u
*
*
*
cov ln , ln
var ln
t t t
f
t
f u
u
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Beta* contributions to u*t variance
BHPS: 1988q4-2008q2.
Beta* UK US
1992q3-2010q3 à
Claimant QLFS BHPS CPS
Inflow rate 0.52 0.59 0.57 0.22
Outflow rate 0.48 0.41 0.44 0.79
Residual 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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3-state approach• Laws of Motion for U and E:
• Rearrange:
1 1 1
1 1 1
EU NU UE UNt t t t t t t t
UE NE EU ENt t t t t t t t
U E N U
E U N E
*
NUEU EN t
t t NU NEt t
t NU NEEU EN UE UNt t
t t t tNU NE NU NEt t t t
EU ENUt t
EU ENU UE UNEt t t t
u
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3-state approach• Laws of Motion for U and E:
• Rearrange:
where , ,
,
1 1 1
1 1 1
EU NU UE UNt t t t t t t t
UE NE EU ENt t t t t t t t
U E N U
E U N E
*ln ln 1 ln
ln 1 ln
s EU s ENUt t t t t t
f UE f UNEt t t t
u
s EU EU ENUt t t t
NU
ENU EN t
t t NU NE
t t
NEUNE UN tt t NU NE
t t
f UE UE UNEt t t t
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Ins or outs?• 3-state model:
• Gives beta* contributions to variance of ln(u*t):
job loss
inflows via nonparticipation
and similarly for job finding UE and indirect outflows UNE.
*
*
*
cov ln , ln
var ln
s EUt t t t
EU
t
u
u
*ln ln 1 ln
ln 1 ln
s EU s ENUt t t t t t
f UE f UNEt t t t
u
*
*
*
cov 1 ln , ln
var ln
s ENUt t t t
ENU
t
u
u
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Beta* contributions to u*t variance
Beta* Beta*
QLFS BHPS QLFS BHPS
Inflow rate 0.59 0.57 Separation rate 0.40 0.39
Inflow rate via nonparticipation 0.19 0.16
Outflow rate 0.41 0.44 Job finding rate 0.32 0.34
Outflow rate via nonparticipation 0.09 0.10
Residual 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
QLFS: 1992q3-2010q3. BHPS: 1988q4-2008q2.
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Recession-by-recession decomposition
Change in log unemployment rate≈ Change in log inflow rate
minus Change in log outflow rate
* *
*ln ln ln
s ft t
tu s ft t t t
Inflow rate contribution Outflow rate contribution C C
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Contributions to U.S. and U.K. unemployment ramp-ups
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100Decline in outflow rate Rise in inflow rateU.S.
19
74
Q1
19
74
Q3
19
75
Q1
19
75
Q3
19
76
Q1
19
76
Q3
19
79
Q4
19
80
Q2
19
80
Q4
19
81
Q2
19
81
Q4
19
82
Q2
19
82
Q4
19
83
Q2
19
83
Q4
19
84
Q2
19
90
Q4
19
91
Q2
19
91
Q4
19
92
Q2
19
92
Q4
20
08
Q1
20
08
Q3
20
09
Q1
20
09
Q3
20
10
Q1
20
10
Q3
20
11
Q1
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100
Decline in U t...
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subtitleTitle XlabelYlabelLeft0
Rise in inflow rateDecline in outflow rateRise in E to UDecline in U to E
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Beta* contributions to u*t variance
Sources:UK: Claimant Count. Quarterly averages of monthly adminstrative data from 1983q2. Prior to then, quarterly data from Petrongolo and Pissarides (2008), taken from Employment Gazette.US: Bureau of Labor Statistics aggregate and short-term unemployment data, derived from the Current Population Survey. Quarterly averages of monthly estimates.
Beta* UK US
1967q2-2010q4 1970q1-2010q4
Inflow rate 0.32 0.29
Outflow rate 0.68 0.71
Residual 0.00 0.00
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Non-steady state decomposition
• What about the actual unemployment rate?
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1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100
2.5
5
7.5
10
12.5
15
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subtitleTitle XlabelYlabelLeft Percent of labour force
Actual unemployment
Steady-state unemployment
Recession''
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100
2.5
5
7.5
10
12.5
15
Actual unemployment
Steady-state unemployment
Actual and steady state unemployment rates
Sources: ONS LFS, BLS CPS and authors’ calculations using Shimer’s (2007) method based on duration data.
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Beta* contributions to ut variance
Beta* variance contributions to change in log actual unemployment
1992q3-2010q3
UK QLFS US CPS
Inflow rate 0.80 0.24
Outflow rate 0.77 0.75
Residual -0.57 0.01
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Non-steady state decomposition
• We can allow for the fact that current unemployment is actually influenced by lagged changes in transition rates.
where and
211 1
contributions to ss u dynamics 2
due to deviations from sscaused by past changes in
log and log
1lnln ln ln t
tt t t t t tt
s f
uu s f
*11t tu 1 t ts f
t e
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Non-steady state decomposition
• We can allow for the fact that current unemployment is actually influenced by lagged changes in transition rates.
and similarly for Cft and bf .
2*11 1
contribution 2to ss u dynamics
deviations from ss caused by past changes in log
1 ss tstt t tt
t
s
CC C
cov , ln
var ln
st t
st
C u
u
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Beta contributions to ut variance
Source: QLFS: 1992q3-2010q3.
Beta Beta
Inflow rate 0.46 Separation rate 0.40
Inflow rate via nonparticipation 0.06
Outflow rate 0.44 Job finding rate 0.32
Outflow rate via nonparticipation 0.11
Initial condition 0.01 0.01
Residual 0.08 0.08
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-0.2
-0.15
-0.1
-0.05
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
Residual Outflow rate contribution
Contribution to change in log actual unemployment rate: steady state model
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-0.2
-0.15
-0.1
-0.05
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
Residual Outflow rate contribution
Contribution to change in log actual unemployment rate: non-steady state model
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• Rearrange expression for change in log actual unemployment rate to separate influence of current innovations in transition rates from the autoregressive elements:
Current versus past transition rates
* *1cov , ln
var ln
s ft t t t
curt
C C u
u
21 1 1
2
1cov , ln
var ln
s ftt t t t
tpast
t
C C u
u
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Current versus past transition rates
Proportional (actual u)
1992q3-2010q3
1970q1-2010q4
contribution of: UK QLFS USCurrent transition rate changes 0.60 0.89Past transition rate changes 0.40 0.11
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Prospects
1. Has the labour market fully adjusted to recession shocks?
2. How efficiently is the labour market matching workers and firms?
3. How likely is it that the U.K. will again experience persistently high long-term unemployment?
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1. Adjustment to shocks
• Shocks to inflows or outflows change the ‘flow steady state’ unemployment rate at which the economy would settle, in the absence of further shocks.
• Because actual unemployment is always converging towards the moving target of flow steady state unemployment, flow steady state unemployment acts as a leading indicator for actual unemployment.
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U.K. actual and steady state unemployment rates
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100
2.5
5
7.5
10
12.5
15
contactsource
subtitleTitle XlabelYlabelLeft Percent of labour force
Actual unemployment
Steady-state unemployment
Recession''
Sources: ONS LFS and authors’ calculations using Shimer’s (2007) method based on ONS LFS duration data.
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1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
QLFS micro datasteady state unemployment
(RH scale)
LFS duration datasteady state unemployment
(LH scale)
Percent of labour force
Percent of labour force
Actual unemployment (LH scale)
U.K. actual and steady state unemployment rates
Sources: ONS LFS, authors’ calculations using Shimer’s (2007) method based on LFS duration data, and LFS/QLFS micro data.
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U.K. actual and steady state unemployment rates
Source: Claimant Count administrative data on registered unemployment, inflows and outflows.
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100
2.5
5
7.5
10
12.5
15
contactsource
subtitleTitle XlabelYlabelLeft Percent of labour force
Actual unemployment
Steady-state unemployment
Recession''
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2. Matching efficiency
A reduction in unemployment is predicated on two conditions:1. Are job openings being created? 2. How effectively will such job openings be
filled?
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 111
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
U.K. and U.S. Beveridge curves
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 111
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
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Vacancies / Labour Force
2008-09 recession
Before re-cession
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitle
Unemployment / Labour Force
Yla-belLeft
After recession
Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS Vacancy Survey and ONS LFS and BLS JOLTS and CPS.
U.S.
Job Openings / Labour Force
Unemployment / Labour Force
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 111
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
Vacancies / Labour Force
2008-09 recession
Before re-cession
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitle
Unemployment / Labour Force
Yla-belLeft
After recession
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 111
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4U.S.
U.K. and U.S. Beveridge curves
Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS Vacancy Survey and ONS LFS and BLS JOLTS and CPS.
1.3
1.4
1.5
contactsource
subtitleTitleYla-belLeft Vacancies / Labour Force
2008-09 re-cession
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitleYla-belLeft
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subtitleTitle
Unemployment / Labour Force
Yla-belLeft
After reces-sion
Job Openings / Labour Force
Unemployment / Labour Force
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3. Long-term unemployment
• The huge decline in the U.S. outflow rate has a corollary in an unprecedented rise in U.S. long-term unemployment.
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UK and US long-term unemployment rates
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100
2
4
6
8
10
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subtitleTitle XlabelYlabelLeft Percent of labour force
United Kingdom
United States
Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS LFS micro data and BLS CPS duration data.
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3. Long-term unemployment
• The huge decline in the U.S. outflow rate has a corollary in an unprecedented rise in U.S. long-term unemployment.
• It is possible to predict future long-term unemployment by looking at current unemployment of various durations and how outflow rates vary across durations.
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Sources: Authors’ calculations using ONS LFS micro data.
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Summary and conclusions
• This recession, U.K. unemployment was driven by a sharp rise in job loss rates – but the inflow rate peak was lower than in previous recessions, and job losses have slowed more quickly.
• U.K. job finding rates have held up remarkably well.• Consequences:
– U.K. unemployment rate has risen less than in past recessions, and less than in the U.S.
– U.K. long-term unemployment has not risen as far as in previous recessions, or as far as in the U.S.
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Summary and conclusions
• The U.K. labour market seems to have adapted fully to the shocks of the recent recession.
• There are possible signs of lower matching efficiency, but it is difficult to be sure, as vacancy creation has been low.
• Low outflow rates from short-term unemployment give some cause for concern. However, there has been a substantial recovery in job finding rates by the long-term unemployed. These two constitute a reduction in duration dependence.