Financial frictions are known to raise the volatility of economies to shocks (e.g. Bernanke andGertler 1989). We follow … this line of research to the labor literature concerned by the volatility of labor market outcomes to productivity shocks … are a good candidate to solve the volatility puzzle and rejoin Pissarides (2009) in arguing that hiring costs must be …

theory. While labor market institutions have a large effect on output volatility, they do not seem to have much of an effect …This paper analyzes the effects of different labor market institutions on inflation and output volatility. The eurozone … could account for volatility differences across member states, but labor market characteristics have remained very diverse …

as conventional wisdom - that output volatility and growth are negatively correlated. We reexamine this relationship in … basic negative association between growth and volatility has been preserved during the 1990s, both trade and financial … interaction between volatility and trade integration is significantly positive. We find a similar, although less significant …

business cycle volatility, hinting at a stabilizing effect of public employment, while public wages correlate weakly and … positively with business cycle volatility, hinting at a destabilizing effect of public wages. To explain these relationships, we …