Labor Supply Shocks and the Beveridge Curve. Empirical Evidence from EU Enlargement

Labor supply shocks can have substantial effects on the Beveridge Curve. Structural VARs with sign restrictions show that the shocks associated with the free movement of workers from Eastern Europe have temporarily increased unemployment in Austria, a major destination country, by 25 percent and job...

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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):WIFO Publikation
Veröffentlicht in:WIFO Working Papers
1. Verfasser: Stefan Schiman
Format: paper
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2021
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Zusammenfassung:Labor supply shocks can have substantial effects on the Beveridge Curve. Structural VARs with sign restrictions show that the shocks associated with the free movement of workers from Eastern Europe have temporarily increased unemployment in Austria, a major destination country, by 25 percent and job vacancies by 40 percent. The 2 percent increase in total employment was accompanied by a temporary decline in the employment of domestic workers. The greatest impact is seen in regions bordering on the home countries of the migrant workers. Beyond these findings the paper addresses empirical regularities of labor supply shocks that are at odds with theoretical predictions.
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