This paper analyzes the effects of different labor market institutions on inflation and output volatility. The eurozone … and inflation volatility ; labor turnover costs ; unemployment benefits ; unemployment ; eurozone …

We study the response of real wages to the business cycle in eight major Eurozone countries before and during the Great …

This paper examines a much overlooked link between credit markets and formalization: since access to bank credit … bank credit is more widely available at lower cost; if so, well-functioning credit markets help foster formal employment at … the expense of informal jobs. We gauge the relevance of this credit channel using the Rajan-Zingales measure of financial …

Labor market frictions are not the only possible factor responsible for high unemployment. Credit market imperfections …. This paper shows that labor and credit market imperfections interact in a complementary way - which may explain why … develop this idea, we build a search model that treats credit and labor market imperfections in a symmetrical way. We …

that well-functioning credit markets would reflect a bank channel for monetary policy at work, we test whether a change in … and the associated change in interest rate does not affect change in bank credit, change in total debt and the proportion … of bank credit in total debt for any of the firms. We discuss the policy implications of the findings. …