On the social opportunity cost of unemployment

The handling of unemployment is a central issue in cost-benefit analysis. Typically, the shadow price of employing an unemployed is derived by considering a marginal change in the employment constraint faced by an unemployed or rather an underemployed. In contrast, in this paper, we consider the dis...

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Published in:Journal of economic policy reform 2022-07, Vol.25 (3), p.229-239
Main Authors: Johansson, Per-Olov, Kriström, Bengt
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adding-up problem
Cost benefit analysis
Economics
Employment
Nationalekonomi
Recruitment
reservation wage
social opportunity cost
socioeconomic costs
Unemployed people
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Employment
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Recruitment
reservation wage
social opportunity cost
socioeconomic costs
Unemployed people
Unemployment
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