The celtic tiger faces the factor price frontier: Labour market adjustment in Ireland

Labour market flexibility is the key to sustainable economic development in advanced economies. The factor price frontier is used to analyse labour market adjustment in Ireland from the sixties to the present. The theoretical and empirical analysis lend support to the wideheld belief that excessive wage increases due to the interaction of the bargaining system and institutional rigidities have been at the root of the Irish unemployment problem in the eighties.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Schimmelpfennig, Axel
Publisher:	Kiel : Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW)
Subject:	Arbeitsmarkt \| Wirtschaftliche Anpassung \| Technische Effizienz \| Kapitalintensität \| Realzins \| Lohn \| Schätzung \| Irland \| Factor Price Frontier \| Labour Market Adjustment \| Ireland

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Series:	Kiel Working Paper ; 855
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/46736 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:ifwkwp:855 [RePEc]
Source:	EconStor

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