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percent increase in the statelevel effective minimum wage reduces vacancies by 2.4 percent in the same quarter, and the … cumulative effect is as large as 4.5 percent a year later. The negative effect on vacancies is more pronounced for occupations …. We argue that our focus on vacancies versus on employment has a distinct advantage of highlighting a mechanism through …
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volatility extends beyond the U.S. to a set of OECD countries. That is, the volatility puzzle is ubiquitous. We argue cross … proposed in Hagedorn and Manovskii (2008) continues to deliver counterfactually low volatility in countries where labor … enough volatility depends on vacancy-filling rate levels that seem counterfactual outside the U.S. …
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process and labor markets are characterized by search and matching frictions. Entrants post vacancies and are matched to idle … cross-correlations of both shares and the higher volatility of the share of profits. Regarding propagation and amplification …, the model matches the persistence of vacancy creation and two-thirds of the observed volatility of market tightness …
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Higher oil-price shocks benefit unskilled workers relative to skilled workers: At the business-cycle frequency, energy prices and the skill premia display a strong, negative correlation. We assess the robustness of this negative correlation using several methods and data sources, including...
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volatility of vacancies and unemployment. This channel can be relevant if the lack of insurance is large enough so that the … increases are enough for poor workers to accept job offers. This mechanism reduces the volatility of wages and increases the …
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We incorporate remittances and microentrepreneurship (self-employment) into a small openeconomy business cycle model with capital and labor market frictions. Countercyclical remittances moderate the decline of households' consumption during recessions. These remittances also are used to finance...
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the microfoundations of the observed asymmetric movement in aggregate unemployment rates. Using U.S. data, we find that individual labor force participation responds asymmetrically to changes in local labor market conditions, consistent with the pattern of...
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inflation and labor market dynamics. In particular, it fails to generate a Beveridge curve: vacancies and unemployment are …
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fluctuations of unemployment, vacancies, and labor productivity whose relative magnitudes replicate the data. A standard search and …
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While the volatility of job creations has been studied extensively, the survival chances of new jobs are less …
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