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Can institutional reform reduce job destruction and unemployment duration? : yes it can
Pérez Ruiz, Esther; Yao, Yao - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572525
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New evidence on cyclical and structural sources of unemployment
Chen, Jinzhu; Kannan, Prakash; Loungani, Prakash; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009425642
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Can Institutional Reform Reduce Job Destruction and Unemployment Duration? : Yes it Can
Pérez Ruiz, Esther - 2012
We read search theory's unemployment equilibrium condition as an Iso-Unemployment Curve(IUC).The IUC is the locus of job destruction rates and expected unemployment durations rendering the same unemployment level. A country's position along the curve reveals its preferences over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014412162
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A Method for Calculating Export Supply and Import Demand Elasticities
Tokarick, Stephen - 2010
Trade elasticities are often needed in applied country work for various purposes and this paper describes a method for estimating import demand and export supply elasticities withoutusing econometrics. The paper reports empirical estimates of these elasticities for a large number of low, middle,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402671
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Are the Unemployed Unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 1994
This paper develops a matching model of the labor market under wage rigidity when hiring decisions are irreversible. There are two types of workers, the skilled and the unskilled. The model is used to analyze whether technological advances may have increased unemployment. It is shown that it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398139
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New Evidenceon Cyclical and Structural Sources of Unemployment
Chen, Jinzhu - 2011
We provide cross-country evidence on the relative importance of cyclical and structural factors in explaining unemployment, including the sharp rise in U.S. long-term unemployment during the Great Recession of 2007-09. About 75% of the forecast error variance of unemployment is accounted for by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399411
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Inequality, Transfers and Growth : New Evidence From the Economic Transition in Poland
Prasad, Eswar - 2000
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that inequality in Poland increased markedly during the economic transition. Income and consumption inequality actually declined in 1990-92 and rose only moderately above pre-transition levels by 1997. However, inequality in labor earnings increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399835
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Regulating capital flows at both ends : does it work?
Ghosh, Atish R.; Qureshi, Mahvash Saeed; Sugawara, Naotaka - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441920
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Decomposing the inflation dynamics in the Philippines
Guo, Si; Karam, Philippe; Vlček, Jan - 2019
Inflation rates rose sharply in the Philippines during 2018. Understanding the demand and supply sources of inflation … pressures is key to monetary policy response. Qualitatively, indicators have pointed to evidence of inflation pressures from …-structural model to decompose the contributions of various shocks to inflation. Our main findings are (1) supply factors (mainly global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102135
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Trinity strikes back : monetary independence and inflation in the Caribbean
Cevik, Serhan; Zhu, Tianle - 2019
between monetary autonomy and inflation dynamics in a panel of Caribbean countries over the period 1980-2017. The empirical … results show that monetary independence is a significant factor in determining inflation, even after controlling for … monetary policy for domestic purposes independent of external monetary influences, leads to lower consumer price inflation …
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