Unemployment, Factor Substitution, and Capital Formation

Leo Kaas () and Leopold von Thadden ()
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Vienna Economics Papers from University of Vienna, Department of Economics

Abstract: We incorporate a wage bargaining structure in a dynamic general equilibrium model and show how this feature changes short and long-run properties of equilibria compared with a perfectly competitive setting. We discuss how employment, capital, and income shares respond to wage setting shocks and show that adjustment dynamics depend decisively on the magnitude of the elasticity of substitution between labour and capital. Values of the elasticity below unity add persistence, tend to preserve stability, and lead to empirically plausible adjustment patterns. By contrast, values above unity introduce additional volatility, thereby making steady states potentially unstable.

JEL-codes: D51 E24 E25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-01

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Working Paper: Unemployment, Factor Substitution, and Capital Formation (2001)
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