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We develop a growth model with unemployment due to imperfections in the labor market. In this model, wage inertia and …
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This paper analyses how labour market heterogeneity affects unemployment, productivity and business cycle dynamics that … skilled workers increases the natural rate of unemployment and reduces total factor productivity with long- run effects on the … Beveridge curves. Skill-specific labour market heterogeneity leads to a attening of the Phillips curve as wages and unemployment …
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We develop a growth model with unemployment due to imperfections in the labor market. In this model, wage inertia and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319288
In this paper, we analyze the consequences of delays and cost overruns typically associated with the provision of public infrastructure in the context of a growing economy. Our results indicate that uncertainty about the arrival of public capital can more than offset its positive spillovers for...
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This paper investigates the optimal retirement of an individual in the presence of involuntary unemployment risks and … involuntary unemployment risks and frictions in unemployment insurance markets. Using reasonably calibrated parameters, we observe … that high involuntary unemployment intensity and loading factors could be important explanations for the empirical findings …
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out how complete wage equation reduces the immediate unemployment rate or the hazard rate of unemployment.This paper … reduce the immediate unemployment rate …
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important source of uncertainty is the relationship between inflation and unemployment. This paper studies the optimal monetary … policy in the presence of uncertainty about the natural unemployment rate, the short-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff and …
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important source of uncertainty is the relationship between inflation and unemployment. This paper studies the optimal monetary … policy in the presence of uncertainty about the natural unemployment rate, the short-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff and …
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The paper analyzes the comparative effects of alternative health financing mechanisms on economic growth within a two-sector model with human capital. The transitional growth effects of a social insurance system are stronger than those of an out-of-pocket payment system. A private health...
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This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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