WAS DEPRESSION ERA UNEMPLOYMENT REALLY LESS IN CANADA THAN THE US

Authors
ZAGORSKY JL
Citation
Jl. Zagorsky, WAS DEPRESSION ERA UNEMPLOYMENT REALLY LESS IN CANADA THAN THE US, Economics letters, 61(1), 1998, pp. 125-131
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
61
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
125 - 131
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1998)61:1<125:WDEURL>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Comparing official U.S. and Canadian unemployment rates shows Canada's rate was 5% lower during the Depression. This is puzzling since other macro data do not show superior Canadian performance. Classifying rel ief workers consistently results in unemployment rates, solving the pu zzle. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.