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We study the emplyment and distributional effects of regulating (reducing) working time in a general equilibrium model with search-matching frictions. Job creation entails some fixed costs, but existing jobs are subject to diminishing returns. We characterize the equilibrium in the de-regulated...
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This paper surveys the use of search and matching models in macroeconomics. It outlines the standard model, discusses its extensions, presents alternative formulations, considers the empirical evidence, and studies applications to macroeconomic questions such as business cycles, growth, and...
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turnover experience large variations in unemployment and little wage variation. Although this latter case appears to exhibit …This paper considers an equilibrium model of unemployment in a labour market where all vacancies are advertised in a … newspaper. Unemployment occurs in occupations that are short on vacancies. New vacancies are created by entrepreneurial search …
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Theoretical predictions of the impact of TFP growth on unemployment are ambiguous, and depend on the extent to which … creative destruction effects by estimating the impact of TFP growth on unemployment in a panel of industrial countries. We find …-state dynamics of unemployment. Capitalization effects explain some of the estimated impact but a part remains unexplained. …
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. The Beveridge curve depicts the steady state of the model, whereby inflows into unemployment are equal to the outflows …
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nominal wage. If voters recognize general equilibrium feedbacks, workers across sectors form a majority and will favour market … vote for wage rises in each period since they also reckon with higher real wages for themselves. The political process … leads to constantly rising unemployment and tax rates. The resulting crisis may trigger new insights into economic …
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In this paper we study the political issues associated with reform in the European labour market. We first discuss the role played by labour market rigidities in European society, and argue that reform is a difficult task because many regulations and rigidities benefit the majority of the...
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and by the need to reallocate workers across productive activities. The duration of unemployment and jobs and wage … of alternative wage determination mechanisms are explored, including the frequently studied non-cooperative wage … bargaining and wage posting by firms. We use the framework to study the influence of alternative labor market institutions and …
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This paper starts from the observation that despite their very high levels of unemployment, major European countries … have devoted few resources to reducing it. This suggests that there is little political concern about high unemployment. I …
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This paper reports results form a microeconomic analysis of unemployment durations. The results indicate a significant …
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