Frictional Unemployment with Stochastic Bubbles

Guillaume Vuillemey () and Etienne Wasmer
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Guillaume Vuillemey: HEC Paris

No 10265, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Bubbles are recurrent events, which contribute to both macroeconomic and employment volatility. We introduce stochastic bubbles in the standard search-and matching model of the labor market. The economy alternates between latent and bubbly states, each being associated with a distinct solution for the market value of firms (respectively, stable or explosive). Bubbles in firm value induce distortions in hiring decisions and wages, which we explicitly characterize. Faced with bubbles, the social planner optimally deviates from the standard Hosios efficiency condition. The optimal share of workers in total surplus must be above the elasticity of hiring rates, by a small but increasing amount as the bubble expands. Finally, our specification for bubbles significantly improves the quantitative ability of the model to match U.S. data, along both real and financial dimensions.

Keywords: labor frictions; unemployment volatility; bubbles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 75 pages
Date: 2016-10
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Published - published in: European Economic Review, 2020,122, 103352

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