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Labor Markets, Fiscal Policy and Inflation Dynamics : A Pandemic Perspective
Abo-Zaid, Salem M.; Sheng, Xuguang Simon - 2023
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation fell. Later, as the pandemic wore on, inflation has risen … sharply, reaching a 40-year high. To explain the dynamics of inflation, we augment the standard labor search and matching … inflation rate is strongly tied to the behavior of vacancies and labor market tightness. This pattern is observed in European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260130
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The Macroeconomic Effects of a Carbon Tax to Meet the U.S. Paris Agreement Target : The Role of Firm Creation and Technology Adoption
Submitter, FEEM RPS; Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; … - 2021
We analyze the quantitative labor market and aggregate effects of a carbon tax in a framework with pollution externalities and equilibrium unemployment. Our model incorporates endogenous labor force participation and two margins of adjustment influenced by carbon taxes: firm creation and green...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225863
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Climate policies, labor markets, and macroeconomic outcomes in emerging economies
Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Nuguer, Victoria - 2023
We study the labor market and macroeconomic effects of introducing a carbon tax in the energy sector in emerging economies (EMEs) by building a framework with equilibrium unemployment and firm entry that incorporates key elements of the distinct employment and firm structure of EMEs. Our model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014460792
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The dynamics of product and labor market power : evidence from Lithuania
Ding, Ziran; Garcia-Louzao, Jose; Jouvanceau, Valentin - 2024
This paper characterizes the power dynamics of firms in both product and labor markets in Lithuania between 2004 and 2018. We first show that both markets are not perfectly competitive, as both price markups and wage markdowns are far from unitary and homogeneous. Interestingly, we unveil that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014452325
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Exchange rate fluctuations and labour market adjustments in Canadian manufacturing industries
Bruneau, Gabriel; Moran, Kevin - 2015
We estimate the link between exchange rate fluctuations and the labour input of Canadian manufacturing industries. The analysis is based on a dynamic model of labour demand, and the econometric strategy employs a panel two-step approach for cointegrating regressions. Our data are drawn from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408683
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Structural unemployment, underemployment, and secular stagnation
Hashimoto, Ken'ichi; Ono, Yoshiyasu; Schlegl, Matthias - 2020
We introduce a preference for wealth into the standard search and matching model to analyze the labor market when there is persistent demand shortage. We show that, under some conditions, a secular stagnation steady state exists in which the economy permanently operates below capacity due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219698
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Experimental labor markets and policy considerations: Incomplete contracts and macroeconomic aspects
Casoria, Fortuna; Riedl, Arno - 2012
This survey focuses on experimental labor markets investigating two aspects that deem us important for a better understanding of labor market relations and the consequences for labor market policies. The first part of the survey is dedicated to papers that assess the prevalence of reciprocal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291344
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Experimental labor markets and policy considerations : incomplete contracts and macroeconomic aspects
Casoria, Fortuna; Riedl, Arno - 2012
This survey focuses on experimental labor markets investigating two aspects that deem us important for a better understanding of labor market relations and the consequences for labor market policies. The first part of the survey is dedicated to papers that assess the prevalence of reciprocal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683305
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Experimental Labor Markets and Policy Considerations : Incomplete Contracts and Macroeconomic Aspects
Casoria, Fortuna - 2013
This survey focuses on experimental labor markets investigating two aspects that deem us important for a better understanding of labor market relations and the consequences for labor market policies. The first part of the survey is dedicated to papers that assess the prevalence of reciprocal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088665
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Aging, Labour Market Dynamics and Fiscal Imbalances
Marchiori, Luca - 2016
Population aging is a phenomenon common to all regions in the developed world, forcing most governments to implement structural reforms in order to avoid the development of fiscal imbalances. In Luxembourg, large inflows of – young – foreign workers generate an apparently sound public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013007868