The Beveridge Curve (Unemployment-Job Vacancy, U-V) in Iran

taee, hassan; bahrami, javid; bagheri, sima

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taee H, bahrami J, bagheri S. The Beveridge Curve (Unemployment-Job Vacancy, U-V) in Iran. jemr 2013; 4 (13) :169-194
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The Beveridge Curve (Unemployment-Job Vacancy, U-V) in Iran

Hassan Taee ^*

¹, Javid Bahrami²

, Sima Bagheri

1- allame tabatabai , taee.ha@gmail.com
2- allame tabatabai

Abstract: (10301 Views)

One of the empirical relationships that have been used to study the dynamics of labor market is the Beveridge curve -the scatter plot of unemployment rates versus vacancy rates- that is used to summarize the state of that market. The starting point for deriving the Beveridge curve is a matching function between unemployed workers and vacant jobs. In this research, provincial data are combined to estimate the Beveridge curve and the matching function of Iran. The matching function is estimated using provincial data for the period 1993-2008 and for estimating the Beveridge curve, provincial data for period 2005-2008 are used. The outcomes imply that the number of unemployed workers and vacant jobs has a positive and significant relationship with successful job matches. The elasticity of matching function for the unemployed and job vacancies equals 0.24 and 0.79, respectively. The Beveridge curve depicts a convex and negative relationship between unemployment rate and vacancy rate, although the relationship is not strong.

Keywords: Unemployment, Job Vacancies, Search and Matching Function Models, Matching Function, Beveridge Curve, Panel Data.

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Type of Study: Applicable | Subject: سایر
Received: 2012/08/31 | Accepted: 2013/06/3 | Published: 2014/01/6