Exchange Rate Volatility and Employment Growth: Empirical Evidence from the CEE Economies

Ansgar Belke and Ralph Setzer

No 1038, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: According to the traditional 'optimum currency area' approach, not much will be lost from a very hard peg to a currency union if there has been little reason for variations in the exchange rate. This paper takes a different approach and highlights the fact that high exchange rate volatility may as well signal high costs for labor markets. The impact of exchange rate volatility on labor markets in the CEECs is analyzed, finding that volatility visà- vis the euro significantly lowers employment growth. Hence, the elimination of exchange rate volatility could be considered as a substitute for a removal of employment protection legislation.

Keywords: exchange rate variability; euroization; currency union; Central and Eastern Europe; job creation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F36 J32 P27 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2004-03
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Published - published in: Economic and Social Review, 2003, 34 (3), 267-292

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