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The long-run effects of the real exchange rate on employment and wages in Canadian manufacturing

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  • Dmitry Lysenko

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The literature on real exchange rate effects on the labour market is dominated by short-run analysis showing that there is heterogeneity in the responses of firms or industries to a real exchange rate shock. Analysing data on Canadian manufacturing industries, I conclude that there is a common long-run equilibrium across all manufacturing industries controlling for their openness to trade after varying adjustments to a real exchange rate shock have taken place. This conclusion is important from the perspective of policy making because it helps to form expectations about the effects of a real exchange rate movement on the labour market. The results suggest that real appreciation leads to economically significant reductions in employment in manufacturing in the long run. Real wages decrease in industries that are highly engaged in international trade and somewhat increase in industries that are relatively closed to international trade. Both employment and real wages converge quickly to the long-run equilibrium.

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  • Dmitry Lysenko, 2019. "The long-run effects of the real exchange rate on employment and wages in Canadian manufacturing," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(4), pages 477-504, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:irapec:v:33:y:2019:i:4:p:477-504
    DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2018.1513457
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