Real exchange rate and elasticity of labour supply in a balance-of-payments-constrained macrodynamics

Gabriel Porcile () and Gilberto Lima

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2010, vol. 34, issue 6, 1019-1039

Abstract: A macrodynamic model is proposed in which the real exchange rate and the elasticity of labour supply interact defining different trajectories of growth and income distribution in a developing economy. Growth depends on imports of capital goods which are paid with exports (there are no capital flows) and hence is constrained by equilibrium in current account. The role of the elasticity of labour supply is to prevent the real exchange rate from appreciating as the economy grows, thereby sustaining international competitiveness. The model allows for endogenous technological change and considers the impact of migration from the subsistence to the modern sector on the cumulative (Kaldor-Verdoorn) process of learning. Copyright The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved., Oxford University Press.

Date: 2010
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Working Paper: REAL EXCHANGE RATE AND ELASTICITY OF LABOR SUPPLY IN A BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS-CONSTRAINED MACRODYNAMICS (2006)
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