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endogenous firing as well as a short-time work decision. In recessions, short-time work reduces the unemployment risk of workers … replacement rate can be more effective compared to an increase of the unemployment benefit replacement rate. …
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rationale for a prolonged inverse relation between inflation and unemployment. The paper suggests that the interaction of … inflation persistence and unemployment persistence may offer a possible explanation of high and prolonged European unemployment. …
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Estimates of Frisch labor-supply elasticities are biased in the presence of borrowing constraints. We show that this estimation bias is less pronounced for secondary than for primary earners. The reason is that, in households with two earners and joint borrowing constraints, wage-rate...
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consequences of job loss. We further analyze the impact of unemployment insurance and progressive taxation for labor market … dynamics and aggregate economic activity via capital, employment and labor efficiency channels. Lower unemployment benefits or …
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We study asset-tested unemployment insurance in an incomplete markets model with moral hazard during job search. Asset … incentive to save and fewer private resources are used for consumption smoothing during unemployment. Our results show that in a … time-discount factors. We conclude that the current U.S. unemployment insurance system is approximately optimal. …
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We study asset-tested unemployment insurance in an incomplete markets model with moral hazard during job search. Asset … incentive to save and fewer private resources are used for consumption smoothing during unemployment. Our results show that in a … time-discount factors. We conclude that the current U.S. unemployment insurance system is approximately optimal. …
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more of them are residing with their parents. The unemployment rate at 23-27 years old for the 1996 college graduation … explain two thirds of the rise in unemployment and coresidence between the 2013 and 1996 graduation cohorts. Rising wage … dispersion is also important for the increase in unemployment, while declining parental income, rising student loan balances and …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between unemployment and wage inflation for 10 of the euro area countries. The … combination of low wage inflation and high unemployment in Europe is usually attributed to a rise in the natural rate of … unemployment. Using a panel data approach, this paper models directly the specific structural determinants of the natural rate of …
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pay and the local unemployment rate in modern micro data. At the time of writing, the curve has been found in 40 nations …
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chain reactions, and provides new evidence on the long-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff in the US. It is argued that … inflation/unemployment responses to money growth shocks. SVAR (structural vector autoregression) and GMM (generalised method of … and real sides of the economy are symbiotic. In the light of the significant and robust long-run inflation-unemployment …
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