Arbeitspapier

Unemployment, Growth and Speed of Transition in China

We investigate the relationship between unemployment and growth in China. We find considerable differences in the nature of this relationship across Chinese regions. We argue that this may reflect the different progress in transition across regions, in line with the Aghion-Blanchard model of optimal speed of transition. When we test this model, we indeed find a hump-shaped relationship between unemployment and our proxy for the speed of reform. The current unemployment in China, furthermore, appears to be close to the level associated with optimal speed of transition.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4410

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Thema
unemployment
Okun's Law
growth
optimal speed of transition
China

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Fidrmuc, Jan
Huang, Shuo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2013

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Fidrmuc, Jan
  • Huang, Shuo
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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