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Macroeconomic effects of unemployment benefits in small open economies: a stock–flow consistent approach

This paper attempts to analyse the macroeconomic effects of unemployment benefits in a small open economy. We adopt a stock–flow consistent (SFC) approach with an emphasis on the dynamics of the labour market. We numerically solve the model using a combination of estimation and calibration to generate statistics for our key variables, reflecting features of the Danish economy. We then analyse the effects of a fall in the unemployment compensation rate on the economy. The results indicate that a fall in the compensation rate at a macro level leads to a trade-off between a fall in aggregate demand and a rise in net exports. Due to this trade-off, the net effect of a fall in the compensation rate on the aggregate unemployment rate tends to be weak. Our analyses in this paper raise several questions on the existing views regarding unemployment benefits adopted by a large strand of the economic literature.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention (EJEEP) ; ISSN: 2052-7772 ; Volume: 15 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 335-363

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
General Aggregative Models: Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian
Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook: General
Demand and Supply of Labor: General
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General
Thema
stock–flow consistent models
labour market
unemployment benefits
macroeconomic outcomes
small open economies

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Byrialsen, Mikael Randrup
Raza, Hamid
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Edward Elgar Publishing
(wo)
Cheltenham
(wann)
2018

DOI
doi:10.4337/ejeep.2018.0032
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Byrialsen, Mikael Randrup
  • Raza, Hamid
  • Edward Elgar Publishing

Entstanden

  • 2018

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