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Credit constraints and persistence of unemployment

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  • Nicolas L. Dromel

    (Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne - Paris School of Economics)

  • Elie Kolakez

    (ERMES - TEPP, Universit Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas)

  • Etienne Lehmann

    (CREST-INSEE et IZA)

Abstract

In this paper, we argue that credit market imperfections impact not only the level of unemployment, but also its persistence. For this purpose, we first develop a theoretical model based on the equilibrium matching framework of Mortensen and Pissarides (1999) and Pissarides (2000) where we introduce credit constraints. We show these credit constraints not only increase steady-state unemployment, but also slow down the transitional dynamics. We then provide an empirical illustration based on a country panel dataset of 19 OECD countries. Our results suggest that credit market imperfections would significantly increase the persistence of unemployment

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  • Nicolas L. Dromel & Elie Kolakez & Etienne Lehmann, 2009. "Credit constraints and persistence of unemployment," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 09032, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne.
    • Handle: RePEc:mse:cesdoc:09032
    DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.04.005
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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
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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