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macroeconomic policies and welfare analysis. It is also found that the other models display similar posterior odds, with the Bayes … correlation between consumption and income. This finding suggests that the magnitude of welfare effects computations is likely to …
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Economists face difficulties explaining the strong cyclicality of US unemployment. This paper contributes both by developing modeling tools and evaluating a potentially important explanation. The paper develops a parsimonious equilibrium model of job search with aggregate productivity shocks,...
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In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on industrialized OECD countries. Our starting point is Lazear's (1990) empirical dictum that severance payment requirements adversely impact the labor market. We extend his sample...
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-term unemployed. In this paper, we use an incomplete-market model with search unemployment to evaluate the macro-economic and welfare …-run (noncyclical)unemployment rate in Germany by 1.4 percentage points. We also find that the welfare of employed households increases …, but the welfare of unemployed households decreases even with moderate degree of risk aversion. …
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-term unemployed. In this paper, we use an incomplete-market model with search unemployment to evaluate the macro-economic and welfare …-run (noncyclical)unemployment rate in Germany by 1.4 percentage points. We also find that the welfare of employed households increases …, but the welfare of unemployed households decreases even with moderate degree of risk aversion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490127
-term unemployed. In this paper, we use an incomplete-market model with search unemployment to evaluate the macro-economic and welfare …-run (noncyclical)unemployment rate in Germany by 1.4 percentage points. We also find that the welfare of employed households increases …, but the welfare of unemployed households decreases even with moderate degree of risk aversion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904016
This paper proposes an explanation for observed differences in the business cycle volatility of employment and unemployment across a sample of OECD countries. Using an incomplete markets variant of the fair wage real business cycle model, increases in the gross replacement rate of public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010456968
This paper proposes an explanation for observed differences in the business cycle volatility of employment and unemployment across a sample of OECD countries. Using an incomplete markets variant of the fair wage real business cycle model, increases in the gross replacement rate of public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010437753
This paper proposes an explanation for observed differences in the business cycle volatility of employment and unemployment across a sample of OECD countries. Using an incomplete markets variant of the fair wage real business cycle model, increases in the gross replacement rate of public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099431
The trend towards labor market flexibility in Europe has typically involved introducing legislation that makes it easier for firms to issue temporary contracts with low firing costs, while not changing the level of protection that is in place for permanent jobs. This has created a strong...
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