TY - RPRT AU - Yashiv, Eran TI - The Beveridge Curve PY - 2006/Dec/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 2479 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2479 AB - The Beveridge curve depicts a negative relationship between unemployed workers and job vacancies, a robust finding across countries. The position of the economy on the curve gives an idea as to the state of the labour market. The modern underlying theory is the search and matching model, with workers and firms engaging in costly search leading to random matching. The Beveridge curve depicts the steady state of the model, whereby inflows into unemployment are equal to the outflows from it, generated by matching. KW - wage inflation KW - vacancies KW - unemployment KW - Phillips curve KW - matching function KW - job search KW - business cycle ER -