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Stimulation of Employment in Neo-Classical Models

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  • Michael Malakellis
  • Matthew Peter

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This paper explores the possibility of a Keynesian-like employment response in multi-sectoral neo-classical models such as the ORANI model of the Australian economy. One of the more controversial applications of ORANI has been its use in designing a macroeconomic policy package which stimulates employment without worsening the external account. This package involves restraining real wages while simultaneously increasing aggregate demand. As expected of a model with a neo-classical structure, real wage restraint boosts employment in ORANI. However, employment responds positively to an expansion in aggregate demand -- a result expected of a Keynesian rather than a neo-classical model. The conclusion is that relative price movements and compositional effects, which are entirely consistent with a neo-classical structure, explain the positive relationship between employment growth and aggregate demand in ORANI and kindred models.)

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  • Michael Malakellis & Matthew Peter, 1991. "Stimulation of Employment in Neo-Classical Models," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers ip-49, Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.
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    5. Corden, W M & Dixon, P B, 1980. "A Tax-Wage Bargain in Australia: Is a Free Lunch Possible?," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 56(154), pages 209-221, September.
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    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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