 Labor mobility in a monetary unionDaniela Hauser and Martin Seneca Journal of International Economics, 2022, vol. 137, issue C Abstract: Internal migration flows are endogenously driven by relative labor market performance in a New Keynesian DSGE model of a monetary union calibrated to U.S. data. When labor markets are competitive, a strict focus on stabilizing unionwide inflation remains close to optimal. With search and matching frictions in regional labor markets, labor mobility across state borders introduces additional trade-offs for optimal monetary policy since workers do not internalize the full effects of their individual migration decisions. But when monetary policy is suboptimal, a mobile labor force helps to close inefficiency gaps in regional labor markets following region-specific shocks. Putting some weight on labor market outcomes in a simple instrument rule enhances welfare more when labor is mobile. Keywords: Labor mobility; Monetary policy; Monetary union; Business cycles (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:inecon:v:137:y:2022:i:c:s0022199622000320 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2022.103600 Access Statistics for this article Journal of International Economics is currently edited by Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier and RodrÃguez-Clare, Andrés More articles in Journal of International Economics from Elsevier |
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