Differences in state unemployment rates: the role of labor and product market structural shifts. From: Southern Economic Journal | Date: July 1, 1995| Author: Partridge, Mark D.; Rickman, Dan S. | COPYRIGHT 1995 Southern Economic Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The factors behind state unemployment rate differences are explored within a unifying, empirical framework. First, shift-share analysis was employed to decompose the causes of regional employment growth into national state-idiosyncratic factors. Secondly, earnings were decomposed into a 'wage-mix component' to isolate the impact of wait unemployment from cost competitiveness effects. The results, which provide no evidence of a correlation between national restructuring and unemployment rate, ...

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