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Monetary Union and Precautionary Labour-Market Reform

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Calmfors, L.
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The paper demonstrates that policy makers may have a precautionary motive to undertake more labour-market reform -and hence attain lower equilibrium unemployment- inside a monetary union than outside. The reason is a desire to reduce utility cost of variations in employment when asymmetric shocks can no longer be stabilised through domestic monetary policy.

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Paper provided by Stockholm - International Economic Studies in its series Papers with number 659.

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Date of creation: 1998
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Handle: RePEc:fth:stocin:659

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Keywords: MONETARY UNION ; LABOUR MARKET ; LABOUR POLICY;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
E69 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Other
F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
J29 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Other
J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General

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  1. Jordahl, Henrik & Laséen, Stefan, 1999. "Central Bank Conservatism and Labor Market Reform," Working Paper Series 1999:23, Uppsala University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. M. Burda, . "European Labor Markets and the Euro: How Much Flexibility Do We Really Need?," Sonderforschungsbereich 373 1999-41, Humboldt Universitaet Berlin.
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  3. repec:fth:prinin:424 is not listed on IDEAS
  4. Calmfors, Lars, 2001. "Wages and wage-bargaining institutions in the EMU – a survey of the issues," Seminar Papers 690, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies. [Downloadable!]
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