Assume that unemployment at date t+1, Ut+1, is defined as: Ut+1 = Ut Mt + St, (1) where Ut is unemployment at date t, Mt is the number of jobless who match with a job, and St is the number of employed people who leave their job and join unemployment at date t. Assume that each period a fraction m of the unemployed is matched: mUt = Mt Assume that every period, a proportion of the employed leaves their jobs: St = sEt = s(POP Ut), where POP is the total workforce (and everyone in this population either works or is unemployed). Assume that s+m 1. Calculate the steady-state

Assume that unemployment at date t+1, Ut+1, is defined as: Ut+1 = Ut Mt + St, (1) where Ut is unemployment at date t, Mt is the number of jobless who match with a job, and St is the number of employed people who leave their job and join unemployment at date t. Assume that each period a fraction m of the unemployed is matched: mUt = Mt Assume that every period, a proportion of the employed leaves their jobs: St = sEt = s(POP Ut), where POP is the total workforce (and everyone in this population either works or is unemployed). Assume that s+m 1. Calculate the steady-state

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