Labor Economics

  1. Unemployment
    1. Unemployment Measurement
      1. Defining and Measuring Unemployment
        1. Labor Force Concepts
          1. Unemployment Rate Calculation
            1. Labor Force Participation Rate
            2. Limitations of Official Measures
              1. Discouraged Workers
                1. Underemployment
                  1. Hidden Unemployment
                2. Types of Unemployment
                  1. Frictional Unemployment
                    1. Causes and Duration
                      1. Job Search Time
                      2. Structural Unemployment
                        1. Mismatch of Skills and Jobs
                          1. Technological Change
                            1. Geographic Mismatch
                            2. Cyclical Unemployment
                              1. Business Cycle Effects
                                1. Demand Deficiency
                                2. Seasonal Unemployment
                                3. Job Search Theory
                                  1. Reservation Wage in Search Context
                                    1. Optimal Stopping Rule
                                      1. Search Intensity
                                      2. Determinants of Search Duration
                                        1. Unemployment Benefits
                                          1. Labor Market Conditions
                                            1. Search Methods
                                          2. Wage Rigidity Theories
                                            1. Efficiency Wages
                                              1. Shirking Model
                                                1. Turnover Model
                                                  1. Adverse Selection Model
                                                    1. Implications for Unemployment
                                                    2. Implicit Contracts
                                                      1. Risk Sharing Between Firms and Workers
                                                        1. Wage Rigidity
                                                        2. Insider-Outsider Theory
                                                        3. Unemployment Dynamics
                                                          1. Flows in and out of Unemployment
                                                            1. Duration Dependence
                                                              1. Hysteresis Effects

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