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This paper presents a theoretical foundation and empirical evidence in favor of the view that the retirement age … decision impacts on the search intensity of older workers before this age. Countries with a retirement age at 60 are indeed … of employment is significantly affected by the distance from retirement, in addition to age and other relevant variables …
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to the reference value around 4.5%. As a result of the policy, during the last ten years unemployment in France was twice …A linear and lagged relationship between inflation, unemployment and labor force change rate, π(t)=A0UE(t-t0)+A1dLF …. The relationship obtained for France is characterized by A0=-1, A1=4, A2=0.095, t0=4 years, and t1=4 years. For GDP …
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, price inflation, labor force participation, productivity, and unemployment. The evolution of real GDP depends only on …
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We have modeled the employment/population ratio in the largest developed countries. Our results show that the evolution of the employment rate since 1970 can be predicted with a high accuracy by a linear dependence on the logarithm of real GDP per capita. All empirical relationships estimated in...
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unemployment. To this goal, we develop a Schumpeterian model of endogenous growth: agents have the choice of being employed or … being doing R&D activities. Unemployment is caused by the wage-setting behavior of unions. We show that: (i) High labor … costs or powerful trade unions lead to higher unemployment and lower economic growth. (ii) Efficient bargain allows to …
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The steps in this paper are: (1) to recall the S = I relation and its position in macro-economics, (2) to observe how this equation is very relevant again with the renewed relunctance of banks to finance investments, (3) to point out that consumer durables are investments too, (4) to highlight...
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Using an analog of the boundary element method in engineering and science, we analyze and model unemployment rate in … force. Originally, the model linking unemployment to inflation and labor force was developed and successfully tested for … Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Autoregressive properties of neither of these variables are …
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A win-win measure that will contribute to getting us out of the crisis is the abolition of the tax void in OECD countries. The tax void is explained with graphics and it is shown how it can be eliminated for free. Adjustment costs will lie in understanding and adaptation of administrative...
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, a protracted period of high unemployment or high inflation and continued instability can be expected. Instead, macro …
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unemployment to the change in the level of labour force in Canada. Inherently, our model belongs to the class of Phillips curve … uncorrelated noise and systematic errors. Our previous model of inflation and unemployment in Canada is enhanced by the … price inflation accompanied by a substantial fall in the rate of unemployment. Therefore, the new monetary policy in Canada …
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