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Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance in the Euro Area Countries : A Model-Based Assessment

Gomes, Sandra - 2011

We quantitatively assess the macroeconomic effects of country-specific supply-side reforms in the euro area by simulating EAGLE, a multi-country dynamic general equilibrium model. We consider reforms in the labor and services markets of Germany (or, alternatively, Portugal) and the rest of the...

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Adjusting to the Euro

Fagan, Gabriel - 2007

In this paper we argue that, for a group of converging economies of the European Union, participation in the euro area has been associated with easier access to financing by domestic economic agents. Easier access to financing was a significant impulse leading to a sharp increase in households'...

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Shocks and Labour Cost Adjustment : Evidence from a Survey of European Firms

Mathä, Thomas Y. - 2019

We use firm-level survey data from 25 EU countries to analyse how firms adjust their labour costs (employment, wages and hours) in response to shocks. We develop a theoretical model to understand how firms choose between different ways to adjust their labour costs. The basic intuition is that...

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Euro Area External Imbalances and the Burden of Adjustment

di Mauro, Filippo - 2014

The objective of this paper is to explore the consequences of the correction of Euro area trade imbalances on real exchange rates. This analysis requires one additional dimension with respect to the standard Global Imbalances framework à la Obstfeld and Rogoff (2005), since the adjustment takes...

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External and Macroeconomic Adjustment in the Larger Euro Area Countries

Angelini, Elena - 2014

A balanced current account in the euro area has disguised sizeable net lending imbalances at the country level, exposing the common currency area to severe pressures during the financial crisis. The key contribution of this paper is to evaluate the adjustment process through the lenses of the...

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Necessity As the Mother of Invention : Monetary Policy after the Crisis

Blinder, Alan S. - 2017

We ask whether recent changes in monetary policy due to the financial crisis will be temporary or permanent. We present evidence from two surveys—one of central bank governors, the other of academic specialists. We find that central banks in crisis countries are more likely to have resorted to...

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Labor Adjustment and Productivity in the OECD

Dossche, Marteen; Gazzani, Andrea Giovanni; Lewis, Vivien - 2021

Labor productivity is more procyclical in OECD countries with lower employment volatility. To capture this new stylized fact, we propose a business cycle model with employment adjustment costs, variable hours and labor effort. We show that, in our model with variable effort, greater labor market...

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How Do Firms Adjust their Wage Bill in Belgium? A Decomposition Along the Intensive and Extensive Margins

Fuss, Catherine - 2021

This paper decomposes wage bill changes at the firm level into components due to wage changes, and components due to net flows of employment. The analysis relies on an administrative employer-employee dataset of individual annual earnings matched with firms' annual accounts for Belgium over the...

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Are Specific Skills an Obstacle to Labor Market Adjustment? Theory and an Application to the EU Enlargement

Lamo, Ana; Messina, Julián; Wasmer, Etienne - 2021

We argue that the existence of large amounts of specific human capital makes costly and slows down the adjustment in the labor market after large reallocation shocks. To illustrate this point we build a theoretical framework in which young agents' career is heavily determined by initial...

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Downward Wage Rigidity in Hungary

Kátay, Gábor - 2011

estimates of downward real and nominal wage rigidity for Hungary. Results suggest that nominal rigidity is more prominent in … Hungary than real rigidity. When compared to other countries participating in the IWFP, Hungary ranks among the countries with … the lowest degree of downward real rigidity. The estimated downward nominal rigidity for Hungary is higher, the measure is …

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