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Worker identity, employment fluctuations and stabilization policy
Snower, Dennis J.; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - 2013
This paper provides a model of "social hysteresis" whereby long, deep recessions demotivate workers and thereby lead them to change their work ethic. In switching from a pro-work to an anti-work identity, their incentives to seek and retain work fall and consequently their employment chances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752694
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Worker Identity, Employment Fluctuations and Stabilization Policy
Snower, Dennis J. - 2013
This paper provides a model of "social hysteresis" whereby long, deep recessions demotivate workers and thereby lead them to change their work ethic. In switching from a pro-work to an anti-work identity, their incentives to seek and retain work fall and consequently their employment chances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080876
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Worker Identity, Employment Fluctuations and Stabilization Policy
Snower, Dennis J.; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - 2013
This paper provides a model of social hysteresis whereby long, deep recessions demotivate workers and thereby lead them to change their work ethic. In switching from a pro-work to an anti-work identity, their incentives to seek and retain work fall and consequently their employment chances fall....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319518
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Trend growth, unemployment and optimal monetary policy
Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Tesfaselassie, Mewael F. - 2015
and matching unemployment. We show that trend growth in itself does not generate a trade-off for the monetary authority …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300631
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Endogenous growth, skill obsolescence and output hysteresis in a New Keynesian model with unemployment
Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Tesfaselassie, Mewael F. - 2020
labor market and skill obsolescence from long-term unemployment. The model can account for key features of the Great … aggregate demand raises unemployment and the training costs associated with skill obsolescence. Lower employment hinders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269664
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Labor force participation, job search effort and unemployment insurance in the laboratory
Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Ring, Patrick - 2020
How the provision of unemployment benefits affects employment and unemployment is a debated issue. In this paper, we … job market with search effort and labor force participation decisions while varying the maximum length of unemployment … effort when unemployment benefits are extended. However, individuals are more likely to participate in the labor force and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179598
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The German Labor Market During the Great Recession : Shocks and Institutions
Gehrke, Britta - 2018
institutions (short-time work, government spending rules) and shocks (aggregate, labor market, and policy shocks) and to perform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909849
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The German labor market during the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2017
institutions (short-time work, government spending rules) and shocks (aggregate, labor market, and policy shocks) and to perform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634724
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The German labor market during the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2018
institutions (short-time work, government spending rules) and shocks (aggregate, labor market, and policy shocks) and to perform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916540
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The German labor market in the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2017
institutions (short-time work, government spending rules) and shocks (aggregate, labor market, and policy shocks) and to perform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638405