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This paper investigates output convergence for the G7 countries using multivariate time series techniques. We consider both the null hypotheses of no convergence and convergence. It is shown that inferences on output convergence depend on which one of the two null hypotheses is considered....
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-area currencies. First, using dynamic panel techniques, we estimate an error correction model for the dollar real exchange rate versus …
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Within a two-country model with involuntary unemployment, this paper investigates corporate income taxation under … tax policy causes a fiscal externality which goes back to unemployment. This unemployment externality is the lowest when … apportionment improves welfare and reduces unemployment. The welfare increase is the strongest under a pure sales formula. …
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This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are … endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wages and higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are … change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment …
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equilibrium model of wage dynamics and unemployment. The model is developed under the assumption of worker mobility, so that … Beaudry and DiNardo (1991). We solve for the dynamics of wages and unemployment, and show that real wages do not necessarily … to match actual unemployment and wage series. We also show that equal treatment follows in our model from the assumption …
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the wages for skilled and unskilled workers, leading to involuntary unemployment of unskilled workers in equilibrium … by lower wage differentials as well as higher unemployment. Allowing for endogenous skill formation in both countries …
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In contrast to much recent work regarding the causes of European unemployment, in this paper, we emphasise the … accumulation and unemployment, we argue that what matters for the evolution of employment [and the unemployment rate] is not the …
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In this paper fiscal policy is examined for an open economy characterised by unemployment due to efficiency wages. We …
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In this paper, we attempt to renew the interest in marginal employment subsidies. Such subsidies are paid only for a firm's additional employment exceeding some reference level and create larger employment stimuli at lower fiscal costs than general wage subsidies for all workers. If the hiring...
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The paper presents a tractable general equilibrium model of search unemployment that incorporates absence from work as …
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