01768cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002255 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451950694 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Endogeneity in Structural Unemployment Equations : The Case of Canada. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1993. 1 online resource (30 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines the endogeneity of several structural variables which enter unemployment rate equations-the generosity of unemployment benefits, nonwage labor costs, the relative minimum wage, and the degree of unionization. It finds evidence of reverse causality for these structural variables based on causality tests. The structural unemployment rate equation is then estimated using instruments suggested by the empirical analysis of the structural variables. The paper confirms the earlier finding that the generosity of unemployment benefits, nonwage labor costs, and the relative minimum wage have a significant positive impact on the unemployment rate, but fails to find an effect for the degree of unionization. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1993/094 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1993/094/001.1993.issue-094-en.xml IMF e-Library