The legal regulations require the minimum wage in Germany to be adjusted biennially which gives rise to a policy discontinuity. From the perspective of rational expectations models, such policy features render standard local approximation techniques infeasible. The paper presents a stylised...

Mit der hartnäckigen Tendenz zur Deflation verliert die Geldpolitik, die den Euroraum bislang entscheidend stabilisiert hat, an Wirksamkeit. Sie bedarf dringend der Flankierung durch die Finanzpolitik, die mittels höherer Investitionen die Wirtschaft im Euroraum stimuliert und so die...

This book focuses on the implications of the South African labour market dynamics including labour market reforms and fiscal policy for monetary policy and financial stability. Evidence suggests there are benefits in adopting an approach that coordinates labour market policies and reforms,...