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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955170503321

Autore

Dao Mai

Titolo

International Spillover of Labor Market Reforms / / Mai Dao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612840678

9781462346721

1462346723

9781452750095

1452750092

9781282840676

1282840673

9781451869736

1451869738

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/113

Disciplina

331.12

Soggetti

Labor market - Econometric models

Labor market - Germany - Econometric models

Labor unions - Econometric models

Labor unions - Germany - Econometric models

International trade - Econometric models

Aggregate Human Capital

Aggregate Labor Productivity

Consumption

Demand and Supply of Labor: General

Economic policy

Economic theory

Economics

Empirical Studies of Trade

Employment

Exports and Imports

Income economics

Intergenerational Income Distribution

International economics

Labor market

Labor markets

Labor

Labour



Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics: Consumption

Nternational cooperation

Saving

Terms of trade

Unemployment

Wages

Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General

Wealth

Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Model; A. Overview of Main Building Blocks; B. Final Goods Firms (F-firms); C. Intermediate Goods Firms (I-firms); D. Households; E. Government; F. Unions and Wage Bargaining; G. Definition of Equilibrium; III. Solution method and calibration; IV. Policy simulation; A. Lower average tax rate; Tables; 1. Calibration of the Benchmark Model; B. What is the Role of Labor Unions?; C. How Does Openness Affect Reform Outcome?; D. Other Labor Market Reforms; 2: Long Term Effects of Policy Reforms, Percentage Deviation from Pre-reform

E. Relaxing the Perfect Financial Market AssumptionV. Nominal rigidities and monetary policy; VI. Conclusion; Figures; 1. Dynamic Responses of Domestic and Foreign Variables Following a Cut in Average Tax by 3 %, time in quarters; 2a. Comparison of Response to 3 % Tax Cut Under Unionized and Competitive Labor Market - output and absorption; 2b. Comparison of Response to 3 % Tax Cut Under Unionized and Competitive Labor Market - employment, wages and international trade

3. Response of Domestic and Foreign Variables to an Average Tax Cut of 3% in Country 1, Under Benchmark and Completely Closed Economies4. Responses of Domestic and Foreign Variables to an Average Tax Cut of 3% in Country 1, Under Benchmark and Incomplete Financial Markets; 5. Responses of Domestic and Foreign Variables to an Average Tax Cut of 3% in Country 1, Under Benchmark and Sticky Prices cum Monetary Union; References; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

This paper uses a dynamic economy model, with unionized labor markets, to analyze the effects of labor market reforms, similar to those recently introduced in Germany, on the domestic and trading partner economies. The model is calibrated on Germany and the rest of the Euro area. The results indicate that German labor market reforms have positive spillover effects on the rest of the Euro area, which operate through the channel of trade, relative price adjustment, and financial market integration. Compared to a competitive labor market, setting, unionization dampens the positive response of the domestic economy and magnifies the spillover effects.