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Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment: Does Finance Matter?

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  • Rault, Christophe

    (University of Orléans)

  • Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël

    (University of Orléans)

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We explore whether finance influences the impact of labour market institutions on unemployment. Using a data set of 18 OECD countries over 1980-2004, we estimate a panel VectorAutoRegressive model. We check whether causalities from labour market variables to unemployment are affected by financial factors. In Belgium, Italy, Australia, Japan and Spain, accounting for financial indicators mitigates the benefits of labour market flexibilization or makes it harmful to employment. In Austria, Canada, Finland and Portugal, it reduces its detrimental impact or makes it beneficial. In Ireland and Netherlands, both effects prevail, depending on the labour market indicator used.

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  • Rault, Christophe & Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël, 2011. "Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment: Does Finance Matter?," IZA Discussion Papers 5606, IZA Network @ LISER.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp5606
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    1. Michael Feil, 2012. "Taxation and unemployment: (systematic) evidence from panel data analysis," EcoMod2012 4472, EcoMod.
    2. Alkhateeb, Tarek Tawfik Yousef & Mahmood, Haider & Sultan, Zafar Ahmad & Ahmad, Nawaz, 2017. "Financial Market Development and Employment Nexus in Saudi Arabia," MPRA Paper 109450, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • P17 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Performance and Prospects

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