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- COMPANION APPENDIX iii Figure A1 (cont): Individual transition rates, France 2005 2010 2015 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 P to G 2005 2010 2015 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 G to P 2005 2010 2015 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 P to U 2005 2010 2015 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 G to U 2005 2010 2015 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 P to I 2005 2010 2015 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 G to I Source: French Labour Force Survey.
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- COMPANION APPENDIX iv Figure A2: Individual transition rates, UK 2005 2010 2015 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 P to G 2005 2010 2015 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 G to P 2005 2010 2015 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 P to U 2005 2010 2015 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 G to U 2005 2010 2015 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 P to I 2005 2010 2015 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 G to I Source: UK Labour Force Survey.
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- COMPANION APPENDIX ix Figure A4 (cont): Individual transition rates, US 2005 2010 2015 15 20 25 30 U to P 2005 2010 2015 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 I to P 2005 2010 2015 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 U to G 2005 2010 2015 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 I to G 2005 2010 2015 16 18 20 22 24 U to I 2005 2010 2015 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 I to U Source: Current Population Survey.
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- COMPANION APPENDIX v Figure A2 (cont): Individual transition rates, UK 2005 2010 2015 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 U to P 2005 2010 2015 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 I to P 2005 2010 2015 2 3 4 5
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- COMPANION APPENDIX vi Figure A3: Individual transition rates, Spain 2005 2010 2015 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 P to G 2005 2010 2015 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 G to P 2005 2010 2015 3 4 5 6
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- COMPANION APPENDIX xiii Table A4: Shimer’s 4-states unemployment decompositions, no detrending France UK Spain US P → U 0.21 0.23 0.19 0.17 G → U 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.02 P → I 0.03-0.02-0.07-0.04 G → I 0.01 0.01-0.01-0.01 U → P 0.34 0.30 0.50 0.35 U → G 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.03 I → P 0.04 0.10 0.10 0.07 I → G 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.01 I → U 0.30 0.08 0.04 0.14 U → I-0.04 0.09 0.12 0.09 P → G 0.02 0.02 0.00-0.00 G → P-0.01-0.01-0.00 0.00 Relative contributions (sum to 100) Private employment vs. Public employment 81-19 80-20 86-14 91-9 Public job-finding rate vs. Public job-separation rate 64-36 67-33 78-22 68-32 Private job-finding rate vs. Private job-separation rate 63-37 57-43 73-37 68-32 Note: the gross flows series are previously seasonally adjusted using the X13 Census programme and the transition probabilities are corrected for time aggregation bias using the methodology applied by Shimer (2012).
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- COMPANION APPENDIX xvi Figure A6: Counterfactual exercise, France 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 50.0 50.5 51.0 51.5 52.0 52.5 Private fr$date fr$P * 100 â—Â◠◠◠â—Â◠◠◠â—Â◠◠◠â—Ââ—Â◠◠◠◠◠◠â—Â◠◠◠◠â—Ââ—Â◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠â—Â◠◠◠◠Obs.
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