Estimating Unemployed Entrants into the Labor Force

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dc.contributor.authorSylva, Walter Josephen
dc.contributor.committeechairWaud, Roger N.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLutton, Thomas J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTheroux, Richarden
dc.contributor.departmentEconomicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:34:40Zen
dc.date.adate2002-05-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:34:40Zen
dc.date.issued2002-04-22en
dc.date.rdate2003-05-07en
dc.date.sdate2002-05-01en
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the methodology currently used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to estimate unemployed entrants into the labor force. Unemployed entrants are individuals who enter the labor force for the first time, or after an absence of a year or more. Since these individuals lack current work experience, they are not eligible to receive unemployment compensation and therefore are not accounted for in the Unemployment Insurance system. According to the national Current Population Survey, unemployed entrants make up approximately 40 percent of the total unemployed. The estimation of unemployed entrants is a crucial step in the development of unemployment estimates at the labor market level. This paper demonstrates that the current method in use does not produce realistic estimates. Inconsistencies in the methodology are discussed and an econometric model is presented that produces more accurate measurements of the number of unemployed entrants into the labor force.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05012002-124658en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05012002-124658/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32073en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartWSylva.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectUnemployment Insuranceen
dc.subjectUnemploymenten
dc.subjectEntrantsen
dc.subjectLabor Forceen
dc.titleEstimating Unemployed Entrants into the Labor Forceen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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