A Note on the Effects on Unemployment Insurance, Minimum Wage Legislation and Trade Union Growth on Reported Unemployment Rates in Canada, 1950-1975

Resource type
Authors/contributors
Title
A Note on the Effects on Unemployment Insurance, Minimum Wage Legislation and Trade Union Growth on Reported Unemployment Rates in Canada, 1950-1975
Abstract
The paper analyzes the effects of the factors noted in the title on reported unemployment rates, both theoretically and empirically. The implications of the results for the natural rate debate and macroeconomic stabilization policies are briefly discussed.
Publication
Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations
Volume
36
Issue
4
Pages
922-927
Date
1981
ISSN
0034-379X
Citation
Grubel, H. G., & Maki, D. R. (1981). A Note on the Effects on Unemployment Insurance, Minimum Wage Legislation and Trade Union Growth on Reported Unemployment Rates in Canada, 1950-1975. Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 36(4), 922–927. http://www.erudit.org/revue/ri/1981/v36/n4/029210ar.pdf