Analysis of the duration of unemployment and outcomes for unemployed persons in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Although, at first glance, it would seem to be a contradiction in terms, official statistics indicate that both unemployment and economic activity in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are on a steep downward trend. However, a decline in unemployment can, in fact, occur in the midst of an economic...

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Autores principales: Ramoni Perazzi, Josefa, Orlandoni Merli, Giampaolo, Torres Rivas, Elizabeth, Zambrano, Angel
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spelling oai-11362-426692020-03-06T16:50:27Z Analysis of the duration of unemployment and outcomes for unemployed persons in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Ramoni Perazzi, Josefa Orlandoni Merli, Giampaolo Torres Rivas, Elizabeth Zambrano, Angel DESEMPLEO CRISIS ECONOMICA ESTADISTICAS DEL EMPLEO SECTOR INFORMAL UNEMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC CRISIS EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS INFORMAL SECTOR Although, at first glance, it would seem to be a contradiction in terms, official statistics indicate that both unemployment and economic activity in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are on a steep downward trend. However, a decline in unemployment can, in fact, occur in the midst of an economic recession if a portion of the actual unemployment rate is concealed by employment in the informal sector and/or by a significant number of people abandoning their job search. Using maximum likelihood estimates for homogeneous Markov matrices applied to household sample survey data for the period starting with the first half of 2012 and ending with the second half of 2013, this study analyses the average duration of unemployment and the outcomes for unemployed persons. The results indicate that long-term unemployment prompts some people to abandon their search for a job (whereupon they cease to be a part of the labour market) and others to move into the informal workforce. 2017-12-14T21:02:55Z 2017-12-14T21:02:55Z 2017-08 Texto Sección o Parte de un Documento http://hdl.handle.net/11362/42669 LC/PUB.2017/10-P 11 en CEPAL Review CEPAL Review 122 .pdf application/pdf 2012 VENEZUELA (REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE) VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF) 2013
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topic DESEMPLEO
CRISIS ECONOMICA
ESTADISTICAS DEL EMPLEO
SECTOR INFORMAL
UNEMPLOYMENT
ECONOMIC CRISIS
EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
INFORMAL SECTOR
spellingShingle DESEMPLEO
CRISIS ECONOMICA
ESTADISTICAS DEL EMPLEO
SECTOR INFORMAL
UNEMPLOYMENT
ECONOMIC CRISIS
EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
INFORMAL SECTOR
Ramoni Perazzi, Josefa
Orlandoni Merli, Giampaolo
Torres Rivas, Elizabeth
Zambrano, Angel
Analysis of the duration of unemployment and outcomes for unemployed persons in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
description Although, at first glance, it would seem to be a contradiction in terms, official statistics indicate that both unemployment and economic activity in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are on a steep downward trend. However, a decline in unemployment can, in fact, occur in the midst of an economic recession if a portion of the actual unemployment rate is concealed by employment in the informal sector and/or by a significant number of people abandoning their job search. Using maximum likelihood estimates for homogeneous Markov matrices applied to household sample survey data for the period starting with the first half of 2012 and ending with the second half of 2013, this study analyses the average duration of unemployment and the outcomes for unemployed persons. The results indicate that long-term unemployment prompts some people to abandon their search for a job (whereupon they cease to be a part of the labour market) and others to move into the informal workforce.
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author Ramoni Perazzi, Josefa
Orlandoni Merli, Giampaolo
Torres Rivas, Elizabeth
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title_short Analysis of the duration of unemployment and outcomes for unemployed persons in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
title_full Analysis of the duration of unemployment and outcomes for unemployed persons in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
title_fullStr Analysis of the duration of unemployment and outcomes for unemployed persons in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the duration of unemployment and outcomes for unemployed persons in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
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