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Is the Euro Working? The Euro and European Labour Markets

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Now that time has passed since the introduction of the euro as a commercial currency, it is possible to assess many arguments made in the abstract during the 1990s about European monetary union. This article shows that the euro zone still falls short as an optimal currency area in most respects. In particular, it undertakes an empirical analysis of the labour market and finds no progress toward flexibility or integration. These results challenge assertions of ‘endogenous currency area’ proponents that the euro area would become optimal ‘after the fact’, and that labour markets would serve as the principal avenue of adjustment. Instead, a ‘rigidity trap’ has developed in the euro area, consisting of relatively tight monetary policy, forced fiscal consolidation, and a risk of deflation in some economies. These conditions have compounded the difficulties of structural adjustment in European labour markets.

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  • Silvia, Stephen J., 2004. "Is the Euro Working? The Euro and European Labour Markets," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(2), pages 147-168, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:24:y:2004:i:02:p:147-168_00
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    1. Michael Asiedu & Patrick Bimpong & Thomas Hezkeal Nan Khela & Benedict Arthur, 2021. "Long-Run Money Demand Function: Search for Stability in Twenty (20) Non-EMU Member Countries," Asian Journal of Economic Modelling, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 9(1), pages 58-87, March.
    2. Sofia Gouveia & Leonida Correia, 2013. "Labour costs dynamics in the Euro area: some empirical evidence," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 10(3), pages 323-347, September.

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