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Labor Supply after Transition : Evidence from the Czech Republic
Bicakova, Alena - 2008
We extend the scarce evidence on labor supply in post-transition countries by estimating the wage elasticity of labor force participation in the Czech Republic. Using the household income survey data of 2002, we find that a one-percent rise in the gross wage increases the probability of working...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772409
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Do EU Structural Funds Promote Regional Employment? Evidence from Dynamic Panel Data
Mohl, Philipp - 2011
is directly aimed at reducing disparities in the employment sector. Against this background, the paper analyses the … impact of EU structural funds on employment drawing on a panel dataset of 130 European NUTS regions over the time period 1999 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118136
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Labour Force Participation in the Euro Area - A Cohort Based Analysis
Balleer, Almut - 2009
We use a cohort based model to analyze determinants of labour force participation for disaggregated groups of workers in the euro area and the five largest euro area countries. The model captures age and cohort effects as indicators of (unobserved) determinants of participation behaviour. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160420
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Asymmetric Wage Adjustment and Employment in European Firms
Marotzke, Petra - 2017
We explore the impact of wage adjustment on employment with a focus on the role of downward nominal wage rigidities. We … results point to a negative effect of downward wage rigidities on employment at the firm level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945757
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Are Foreign-Owned Firms Different? Comparison of Employment Volatility and Elasticity of Labour Demand
Meriküll, Jaanika - 2014
This paper analyses differences in employment volatility in foreign-owned and domestic companies using firm-level data … from 24 European countries. The presence of foreign-owned companies may lead to higher employment volatility because … more exposed to external shocks. We assess the conditional employment volatility of firms with foreign and domestic owners …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051164
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Nowcasting Employment in the Euro Area
Banbura, Marta; Belousova, Irina; Bodnár, Katalin; … - 2023
develop a suite of models to provide a more timely estimate (nowcast) of euro area quarterly employment growth based on a … timely assessment of employment developments with unemployment rates and sentiment indicators containing most of the relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014354741
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Potential Output in DSGE Models
Vetlov, Igor - 2011
In view of the increasing use of Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models in the macroeconomic projections and the policy process, this paper examines, both conceptually and empirically, alternative notions of potential output within DSGE models. Furthermore, it provides historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124588
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Fiscal Variables and Bond Spreads : Evidence from Eastern European Countries and Turkey
Nickel, Christiane - 2009
We investigate the impact of fiscal variables on bond yield spreads relative to US Treasury bonds in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Turkey from May 1998 to December 2007. To account for the importance of market expectations we use projected values for fiscal and macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155821
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Credit Spreads and the Links between the Financial and Real Sectors in a Small Open Economy : The Case of the Czech Republic
Konecny, Tomas - 2014
Various approaches have been employed to explore the possibility of non-linear feedback between the real and financial sector. The present study focuses on the impact of real shocks on selected financial sector indicators, and the responses of the real economy to impulses emanating from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047994
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Substitution Between Domestic and Foreign Currency Loans in Central Europe. Do Central Banks Matter?
Brzoza-Brzezina, Michal - 2010
In this paper we analyse the impact of monetary policy on total bank lending in the presence of a developed market for foreign currency denominated loans and potential substitutability between domestic and foreign currency loans. Our results, based on a panel of four biggest Central European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144575