Neugart Nonlinear Labor Market Dynamics

2000
ISBN: 978-3-642-58348-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 486, 175 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems

Nonlinear Labor Market Dynamics discusses adjustment processes in labor markets. Contrary to linear-stochastic approaches this book is based on a non-linear deterministic framework. It is shown that even textbook-like-models of the labor market can generate long lasting adjustment processes, local instabilities, and chaotic movements, once nonlinear relationships and widely accepted adjustment rules are introduced. Thus, labor market dynamics may have an endogenous component that is governed by a nonlinear deterministic core. Of course, all results are tied to the particular models discussed in this book. Nevertheless, these models imply that by incorporating nonlinear relationships, one may arrive at an explanation of labor market behavior where linear stochastic approaches fell. Time series studies for German labor market data support this point of view.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neugart, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Content.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Nonlinear and Chaotic Economic Dynamics.- 2.1 Earlier models revisited.- 2.2 Evidence on chaos in economic dynamics.- 3 Nonlinear Labor Supply and Real Wage Adjustment.- 3.1 Beyond a linear and upward sloping labor supply.- 3.2 A bare-bones model and labor market equilibria.- 3.3 Adjustment dynamics.- 3.4 How well is the calibration?.- 3.5 An unstable Phillips curve and other policy implications.- 4 Real Wage Adjustment With A Nonlinear Labor Demand.- 4.1 Production functions, labor costs, and the demand for labor.- 4.2 Discontinuous labor demand and labor market equilibria.- 4.3 Adjustment dynamics.- 4.4 Policy implications.- 5 A Note on Rationality.- 6 Worker Flows and the Occurrence of Endogenous Cycles.- 6.1 The outflow from unemployment.- 6.2 A calibrated version and evidence on worker flows.- 6.3 Is the natural rate a policy trap?.- 7 Employment Dynamics Under Wage Setting.- 7.1 The wage setting curve.- 7.2 A tentative view: employment dynamics in a ‘hire and fire’ economy.- 7.3 Evidence on the parameters of the model.- 7.4 Some consequences from flexible labor markets.- 8 Testing For Chaos in German Labor Market Data.- 8.1 Filtering the data.- 8.2 Testing for nonlinearity and chaos.- 9 Summary and Concluding Remarks.- Figures.- Tables.- References.