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Essay heading: Explaining European Unemployment: Testing the NAIRU Hypothesis and a Keynesian Approach
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The NAIRU specification
performs poorly, with only the tax wedge having a positive effect on unemployment as
predicted and only unemployment benefits having a negative effect on employment growth.
However the results are not robust to changes in the specification. The Keynesian approach
is more successful, with capital accumulation being statistically significant in all countries
and robust to changes in the specification... displayed 300 characters
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The Keynesian approach
is more successful, with capital accumulation being statistically significant in all countries
and robust to changes in the specification. Moreover, it can be pooled across countries.
KEY WORDS: Unemployment, NAIRU, Keynesian theory, labor market flexibility,
capital accumulation
Introduction
The countries of the European Union have (on average) experienced unemployment
rates of at least 8% for two decades, associated with high individual as well
as social costs... displayed next 300 characters
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