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We study the design of optimal monetary policy in a New Keynesian model with labor turnover costs in which wages are … zero and the optimal volatility of inflation is an increasing function of firing costs. The optimal rule should react to … employment alongside inflation. -- Optimal monetary policy ; hiring and firing costs ; labor market frictions ; policy trade-off …
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This paper addresses the puzzle how employers that invest in general human capital can gain an information advantage with respect to the ability of their employees when training is certified by credible external institutions. We apply an established model from the employer-learning literature...
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General equilibrium analyses of layoff costs have had mixed messages on the implications for employment. This paper … effects of layoff costs come through reducing labor reallocation, whereas negative effects come through reducing the private … return to work due to those layoff costs and the associated inefficient allocation of labor. Additional adverse employment …
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General equilibrium analyses of layoff costs have had mixed messages on the implications for employment. This paper … effects of layoff costs come through reducing labor reallocation, whereas negative effects come through reducing the private … return to work due to those layoff costs and the associated inefficient allocation of labor. Additional adverse employment …
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General equilibrium analyses of layoff costs have had mixed messages on the implications for employment. This paper … effects of layoff costs come through reducing labor reallocation, whereas negative effects come through reducing the private … return to work due to those layoff costs and the associated inefficient allocation of labor. Additional adverse employment …
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Workers will not pay for general on-the-job training if contracts are not enforceable. Firms may if there are mobility frictions. Private information about worker productivities, however, prevents workers who quit receiving their marginal products elsewhere. Their new employers then receive...
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are more talented than European and American players, there is evidence that they face lower training costs …
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We investigate the relationship between migration and productivity in the UK, using an instrumental variable along the lines suggested by Bianchi, Buonanno and Pinotti (2012). Our results suggest that immigration has a positive and significant impact (in both the statistical sense and more...
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