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Exchange rate volatility effects on the German labour market : a survey of recent results and extensions
Buscher, Herbert S.; Mueller, Claudia - 1999
In this paper, a survey on theoretically expected and empirically proved impacts of exchange rate volatility is given …. With regard to the West German unemployment, the effects of volatility are empirically analysed using three different … volatility measures and four country groups. In autoregressive models, a significant disturbing impact of volatility can be found …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294706
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On the exchange rate and economic policy uncertainty nexus: a panel VAR approach for emerging markets
Abid, Abir; Rault, Christophe - 2020
We examine the Exchange Rate Volatility (ERV) response to the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) shocks from a panel VAR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239005
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Exchange rate volatility and employment growth : empirical evidence from the CEE economies
Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Setzer, Ralph (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001937672
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Volatility spillover between oil prices and main exchange rates : evidence from a DCC-GARCH-connectedness approach
Ben Salem, Leila; Zayati, Montassar; Nouira, Ridha; … - 2024
contagion spillover volatility by focusing on a sample of major oil-exporting and oil-importing countries using daily data from …; during COVID-19; and during the Russian-Ukrainian war. Our results confirm the persistence of volatility for the series … volatility transmission between oil prices and exchange-rate markets. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014494631
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The yen exchange rate and the hollowing out of the Japanese industry
Belke, Ansgar; Volz, Ulrich - 2019
Since the demise of the Bretton Woods system, the yen has seen several episodes of strong appreciation, including in the late 1970s, after the 1985 Plaza Agreement, the early and late 1990s and after 2008. These appreciations have not only been associated with "expensive yen recessions"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099480
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Manufacturing employment and exchange rates in the Portuguese economy : the role of openness, technology and labour market rigidity
Alexandre, Fernando; Bação, Pedro; Cerejeira, João; … - 2010
In this paper, we explore empirically the role of openness, technology and labour market rigidity in the determination of the effect of the exchange rate on employment in Portugal. We develop an index that allows us to measure labour market flexibility at the sector level. This index shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153576
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The relevance of post-match LTC : why has the Spanish labor market become as volatile as the US one?
Sala, Hector (contributor); Silva, José Ignacio (contributor) - 2005
forces governing this volatility are the gaps between entrants and incumbents in terms of separation costs and productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003158646
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The rise and fall of Spanish unemployment : a chain reaction theory perspective
Karanassou, Marika (contributor); Sala, Hector (contributor) - 2008
The evolution of Spanish unemployment has been quite idiosyncratic. The full employment levels of the early seventies were followed by unemployment rates that were the highest within the OECD countries in the aftermath of the oil price shocks. While unemployment was extremely persistent in most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759214
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Is seniority-based pay used as a motivation device? : Evidence from plant level data
Bayo-Moriones, Alberto (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
In this paper we use data from industrial plants to investigate if seniority-based pay is used as a motivational device for production workers. Alternatively, seniority-based pay could simply be a wage setting rule not necessarily related to the provision of incentives. Unlike previous papers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002426110
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The diffusion of pay for performance across occupations
Bayo-Moriones, Alberto; Galdón-Sánchez, José Enrique; … - 2010
In this paper the differences in the incidence of pay for performance plans between occupations in a sample of Spanish manufacturing establishments are analyzed. Our results show that there are significant differences between occupations in the incidence of individual, group and firm or plant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944708