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Labour tax reforms, cross-country coordination and the monetary policy stance in the euro area : a structural model-based approach

Jacquinot, Pascal; Lozej, Matija; Pisani, Massimiliano - 2018

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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Unemployment, hysteresis and transition

León-Ledesma, Miguel; McAdam, Peter - 2003

We quantify the degree of persistence in unemployment rates of transition countries using a variety of methods … presence of unit roots in unemployment. Since this is potentially a narrow definition, we also take into account the existence … of structural breaks and non-linear dynamics in unemployment. Finally, we examine whether CEECsu0092 unemployment …

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The effects of monetary policy on unemployment dynamics under model uncertainty : evidence from the US and the euro area ( by Carlo Altavilla and Matteo Ciccarelli

Altavilla, Carlo; Ciccarelli, Matteo - 2009

surrounding the effects of rule-based monetary policy on unemployment dynamics in the euro area and the US. We employ a Bayesian … policy ; model uncertainty ; Bayesian model averaging ; unemployment gap ; Taylor rule …

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Macroeconomic stabilisation properties of a euro area unemployment insurance scheme

Kaufmann, Christoph; Attinasi, Maria Grazia; … - 2020

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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Labour force participation in the euro area : a cohort based analysis

Balleer, Almut; Gómez Salvador, Ramón; Turunen, Jarkko - 2009

market institutions …

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Euro area labour markets : different reaction to shocks?

Brůha, Jan; Pierluigi, Beatrice; Serafini, Roberta - 2011

A small labour market model for the six largest euro area countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium) is estimated in a state -space framework. The model entails, in the long run, four driving forces: a trend labour force component, a trend labour productivity component,...

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Effects of labour and product market regulation on worker flows : evidence for the euro area using micro data

Anderton, Bob; Di Lupidio, Benedetta - 2019

the probabilities of worker flows across employment and unemployment in euro area countries during the period 2000-2015 in …

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What are the main obstacles to hiringafter recessions in Europe?

Savšek, Simon - 2018

This paper assesses the relative importance of perceived obstacles to hiring workers on a permanent basis faced by EU firms and studies how they depend on firm's characteristics. Findings suggest that the main obstacles to hiring in Europe are high uncertainty, shortage of skilled labour, high...

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Inflation dynamics with labour market matching : assessing alternative specifications

Christoffel, Kai; Costain, James; De Walque, Gregory - 2009

This paper reviews recent approaches to modeling the labour market and assesses their implications for in.ation dynamics through both their effect on marginal cost and on price-setting behaviour. In a search and matching environment, we consider the following modeling setups: right-to-manage...

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Nominal and real wage rigidities : in theory and in Europe

Knell, Markus - 2010

In this paper I study the relation between real wage rigidity (RWR) and nominal price and wage rigidity. I show that in a standard DSGE model RWR is mainly affected by the interaction of the two nominal rigidities and not by other structural parameters. The degree of RWR is, however,...

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