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We evaluate the effects of permanently reducing labour tax rates in the euro area (EA) by simulating a large-scale open economy dynamic general equilibrium model. The model features the EA as a monetary union, split in two regions (Home and the rest of the EA - REA), the US, and the rest of the...
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expansionary demand shock and to an inflationary supply shock under the Taylor rule, asymmetric unemployment targeting, and average … inflation targeting. For each rule we distinguish between cases with zero weight on the unemployment gap and a negative response … to rising unemployment. Across all rules, responding to unemployment leads to lower losses of employment and higher …
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Less economic integration would make it difficult for the ECB to stabilise the euro area economies. Symmetric monetary policy cannot do anything about this and individual countries would need to use fiscal policy tools
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unemployment. Second, we construct a New Keynesian model with heterogeneous workers and firms, incomplete asset markets, and labor … level and volatility of both the separation and unemployment rate at the cost of tying workers to less productive firms …
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endogenous firing as well as a short-time work decision. In recessions, short-time work reduces the unemployment risk of workers … replacement rate can be more effective compared to an increase of the unemployment benefit replacement rate. …
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unemployment. Second, we construct a New Keynesian model with heterogeneous workers and firms, incomplete asset markets, and labor … level and volatility of both the separation and unemployment rate at the cost of tying workers to less productive firms …
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recessions. First, we show that the consumption risk of short-time work is considerably smaller compared to unemployment using … frictions featuring an endogenous firing and short-time work decision. In recessions, short-time work reduces the unemployment …
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supranational unemployment insurance scheme. The model is calibrated to the euro area's core and periphery and features a rich …-regional correlation of unemployment and in ation increases by up to 52% and 27%, respectively, compared to the decentralised setting. The …
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Member countries of the European Monetary Union (EMU) initiated wide-ranging labor market reforms in the last decade. This process is ongoing as countries that are faced with serious labor market imbalances perceive reforms as the fastest way to restore competitiveness within a currency union....
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