TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Jones, Stephen R. G.
AU  - Riddell, W. Craig
        TI  - Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States
        PY  - 2017/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10769
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10769
        AB  - We analyze changes in unemployment, marginal labor force attachment and participation in Canada and the U.S.. Using two complementary decompositions, we show the importance for the comparative evolution of aggregate unemployment of changes in the fraction of the non-employed who are unemployed and in the fraction of the unemployed who 'want work'. 
Using microdata we study labor market transition behavior at these margins, finding remarkably consistent results in the two countries, with the marginally attached displaying behavior lying between unemployment and non-attachment. The three non-employment states are distinct from one another in both Canada and the U.S. 
        KW  - unemployment
KW  - labor force participation
KW  - non-employment
KW  - marginal attachment
KW  - labor force transitions
KW  - heterogeneity
        ER  -