Labor Market Participation, Unemployment and Monetary Policy

Campolmi, A. and Gnocchi, S. (2014) Labor Market Participation, Unemployment and Monetary Policy. Working Paper. Bank of Canada, Ottawa.

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Abstract

We incorporate a participation decision in a standard New Keynesian model with matching frictions and show that treating the labor force as constant leads to incorrect evaluation of alternative policies. We also show that the presence of a participation margin mitigates the Shimer critique.

Item Type:Research Reports or Papers (Working Paper)
Additional Information:Bank of Canada Working Paper 2014-9
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Campolmi, Dr Alessia
Authors: Campolmi, A., and Gnocchi, S.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Economics
Publisher:Bank of Canada

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