Canada once hada "vacancy survey" but cancelled after a few years because
of a claim that it was inaccurate. Sometimes the results were
politicallyt embarrassing. Abraham wrote here Harvard dissertation using
Canadian and Wisconsin vacancy and unemployment data, etc. It was in AER
perhaps 7-8 years ago.
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John Buttrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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York University Fax: (416) 736-5737
North York, Canada M3J 1P3
On Thu, 4 Aug 1994, Doug Henwood wrote:
> The Bureau of Labor Statistics used to collect data on job openings, but
> stopped during the early Reagan years. The closest thing now is the
> Conference Board's help-wanted index, derived by measuring adspace
> in major newspapers, which is highly imperfect (for one thing, it's
> skewed towards white-collar jobs).
>
> Doug
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> On Wed, 3 Aug 1994, Peter.Dorman wrote:
>
> > I agree that it is politically important to challenge the going definition of
> > "full employment". A logical approach, I think, would be to use the 45 degree
> > line on a Beveridge Curve. (Japan targets a ratio of applicants to opening of
> > less than one.) But does anyone calculate this curve for the U.S. on a
> > regular basis?
> >
> > Peter Dorman
> >
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