Neo-Keynesian Macroeconomics of Inter-National Factor Allocation

Hannu Laurila
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Hannu Laurila: School of Management, University of Tampere

No 869, Working Papers from Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business, Economics

Abstract: In the Neo-Keynesian macroeconomic model demand shocks have no long-run real effects on production, real wages and real interest rates. Therefore, there should be no effects on factor migration either. During the short-term adjustment, however, the temporary real effects make effects on factor migration also possible. Under Adaptive Expectations, migration may act as an inter-national alternative to intra-national adaptation of price expectations in the market adjustment process. In this case, the factors are induced to move to opposite directions in order to adjust the economy to the initial shock. A positive demand shock lowers perceived real wages thus inducing emigration of labour, and makes perceived real interest rates rise thus inducing immigration of capital. The final amounts of migration depend on the relative shares of intra- and inter-national adjustment.

Keywords: AEH; migration; lump-sum transfers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F41 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2008-10
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