The Frisch Elasticity in the Mercosur Countries: A Pseudo-Panel Approach

Roberto González and Hector Sala

Development Policy Review, 2015, vol. 33, issue 1, 107-131

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In estimating the Frisch elasticity – i.e., the elasticity of substitution between worked hours and real wages, holding constant the marginal utility of wealth – for the Mercosur countries, this article finds a strong heterogeneity. It argues that severe liquidity constraints are the main reason for the negative estimates and that the heterogeneity is the outcome of differences in many relevant economic dimensions – ranging from sectorial specialisation to welfare-state provisions and labour-market specificities. The diversity of Frisch elasticities calls for the development of a cross-country (rather than a within-country) policy approach, since they crucially affect the dynamics of the business cycle, the synchronisation of which is a step prior to the design of macro-convergence policies in the Mercosur context.

Date: 2015
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