Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Hiroaki Miyamoto Author-Name-First: Hiroaki Author-Name-Last: Miyamoto Author-Email: hmiyamot@iuj.ac.jp Author-Workplace-Name: International University of University Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/ Title: Ins and Outs of the Long-Run Unemployment Dynamics Abstract: This paper studies the contribution of inflow and outflow rates to the unemployment dynamics in the long-run. I find that in the U.S., both inflow and outflow rates contribute significantly to variation in the long-run trend of the unemployment rate. Inflow and outflow rates account for roughly similar proportions of overall unemployment variability in the long-run. Classification-JEL: E24, J64 Length: 10 pages Creation-Date: 2011-02 Number: EMS_2011_07 File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2011_07.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: First version, 2011 File-Size: 274KB Keywords: Unemployment dynamics, Job finding rate, Separation rate, Long-run unemployment Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2011_07