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Macroeconomic Shocks and Racial Labour Market Differences in the U.S.
De, Kuhelika; Compton, Ryan A.; Giedeman, Daniel C.; … - 2019
Using 136 United States macroeconomic indicators from 1973 to 2017, and a factor augmented vector autoregression (FAVAR) framework with sign restrictions, we investigate the effects of three structural macroeconomic shocks - monetary, demand, and supply – on the labour market outcomes of black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179803
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Macroeconomic Shocks and Racial Labour Market Differences in the U.S
De, Kuhelika - 2020
Using 136 United States macroeconomic indicators from 1973 to 2017, and a factor augmented vector autoregression (FAVAR) framework with sign restrictions, we investigate the effects of three structural macroeconomic shocks - monetary, demand, and supply - on the labour market outcomes of black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844419
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Efficiency and Labor Market Dynamics in a Model of Labor Selection
Chugh, Sanjay K.; Merkl, Christian - 2015
This paper characterizes efficient labor-market allocations in a labor selection model. The model’s crucial aspect is cross-sectional heterogeneity for new job contacts, which leads to an endogenous selection threshold for new hires. With cross-sectional dispersion calibrated to microeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307140
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Optimal Fiscal Policy with Labor Selection
Chugh, Sanjay K.; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2018
This paper characterizes long-run and short-run optimal fiscal policy in the labor selection framework. In a calibrated non-Ramsey decentralized equilibrium, labor market volatility is inefficient. Keeping fixed the structural parameters, the Ramsey government achieves efficient labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011887380
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Land Collateral and Labor Market Dynamics in France
Kaas, Leo; Pintus, Patrick A.; Ray, Simon - 2014
The value of land in the balance sheet of French firms correlates positively with their hiring and investment flows. To explore the relationship between these variables, we develop a macroeconomic model with firms that are subject to both credit and labor market frictions. The value of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420682
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Does Short-Time Work Save Jobs? A Business Cycle Analysis
Balleer, Almut; Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; … - 2014
In the Great Recession most OECD countries used short-time work (publicly subsidized working time reductions) to counteract a steep increase in unemployment. We show that short-time work can actually save jobs. However, there is an important distinction to be made: While the rule-based component...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333423
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Wage and Employment Cyclicalities at the Establishment Level
Merkl, Christian; Stueber, Heiko - 2021
We document substantial cross-sectional heterogeneity of German establishments’ real wage cyclicality over the business cycle. While wages of the median establishment are moderately procyclical, 36 percent of establishments have countercyclical wages. We estimate a negative connection between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212779
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Short-Time Work and Precautionary Savings
Gehrke, Britta; Dengler, Thomas - 2022
In the Covid-19 crisis, most OECD countries have used short-time work (subsidized working time reductions) to preserve employment relationships. This paper studies whether short-time work can save jobs through stabilizing aggregate demand in recessions. First, we show that the consumption risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079142
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Monetary persistence and the labor market: A new perspective
Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2010
In this paper we propose a novel way to model the labor market in the context of a New-Keynesian general equilibrium model, incorporating labor market frictions in the form of hiring and firing costs. We show that such a model is able to replicate many important stylized facts of the business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278017
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Recruitment Policies, Job-Filling Rates and Matching Efficiency
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos - 2020
Recruitment behavior is important for the matching process in the labor market. Using unique linked survey …-administrative data, we explore the relationships between hiring and recruitment policies. Faster hiring goes along with higher search … directed search model in which firms use different recruitment margins in response to productivity shocks. The calibrated model …
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