Gains from wage flexibility and the zero lower bound

Roberto Billi and Jordi Galí

Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Abstract: We analyze the welfare impact of greater wage flexibility while taking into account explicitly the existence of the zero lower bound (ZLB) constraint on the nominal interest rate. We show that the ZLB constraint generally amplifies the adverse effects of greater wage flexibility on welfare when the central bank follows a conventional Taylor rule. When demand shocks are the driving force, the presence of the ZLB implies that an increase in wage áexibility reduces welfare even under the optimal monetary policy with commitment.

Keywords: labor market; flexibility; nominal rigidities; optimal monetary policy with commitment; Taylor rule; ZLB (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E32 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12, Revised 2019-02
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