Monetary Policy, Labor Income Redistribution and the Credit Channel: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee and Credit Registe

Peydró, José-Luis, Martina Jasova, Caterina Mendicino, Ettore Panetti and Dominik Supera
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Jose-Luis Peydro

No 16549, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper documents the redistributive effects of monetary policy on labor market outcomes via the credit channel. For identification, we exploit matched administrative datasets in Portugal - employee-employer and credit registers - and monetary policy since the Eurozone creation in 1999. We find that softer monetary policy improves worker labor market outcomes (wages, hours worked and firm employment) more in small and young firms, which are more financially constrained. Within small and young firms, the wage effects accrue to incumbent workers, in line with the back-loaded wage mechanism. Consistent with the capital-skill complementarity mechanism, we document an increase in skill premium and show that financially constrained firms increase both physical and human capital investment by most. Our findings uncover a central role for both the firm-balance sheet and the bank lending channels of the monetary policy transmission to labor income inequality, with state-dependent effects that are substantially stronger during crisis times. Importantly, we do not find any redistributive effects for firms without bank credit.

Date: 2021-09
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Working Paper: Monetary policy, labor income redistribution and the credit channel: Evidence from matched employer-employee and credit registers (2023)
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