Unemployment occurs because workers and firms have control over wages and prices. The exercise of market power over … interventions on unemployment and growth. Reforms that result in lower labor costs raise employment, reduce unemployment, and boost … unemployment is larger than one would expect if the pro-competitive effect of the reforms were ignored. These reforms, thus, are …

and matching unemployment. We show that trend growth in itself does not generate a trade-off for the monetary authority …

inflation is relatively high, as was the case in the 1970s. In general, the sign of the effect of growth on unemployment is …The standard search model of unemployment predicts, under realistic assumptions about household preferences, that … disembodied technological progress leads to higher steady-state unemployment. This prediction is at odds with the 1970s experience …

productivity growth and high unemplyoment. Subsequent research has shown that the standard model of unemployment actually gives … counterfactual predictions. Motivated by the observation that the 1970s were also characterized by high and rising inflation …, Tesfaselassie and Wolters examine the effect of growth on unemployment in the presence of nominal price rigidity. The authors …

rate of inflation is relatively high, as was the case in the 1970s. In general, the effect of growth on unemployment is …The standard search model of unemployment predicts, under plausible assumptions about household preferences, that … disembodied technological progress leads to higher unemployment. This prediction is at odds with the experience of industrialized …

Following very high inflation rates at the beginning of the reform process, most transition countries have succeeded in … lowering their inflation to more moderate rates. Inflation rates in the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former … Soviet Union are now typically in the range of 10-60 percent. This essay examines whether a further reduction in inflation …

product (GDP) growth and consumer price index inflation. This paper fills this research gap by providing a replicable …

Following very high inflation rates at the beginning of the reform process, most transition countries have succeeded in … lowering their inflation to more moderate rates. Inflation rates in the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former … Soviet Union are now typically in the range of 10-60 percent. This essay examines whether a further reduction in inflation …