LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS AND MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY IN A PANEL OF OECD COUNTRIES

ABSTRACT In this paper we analyze empirically how labor market institutions influence business cycle volatility in a sample of 20 OECD countries. Our results suggest that countries characterized by high union density tend to experience more volatile movements in output, whereas the degree of coordin...

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Volume:	58
Main Author:	Rumler, Fabio Scharler, Johann
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2011 WILEY Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
published in:	Scottish journal of political economy Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 396 - 413
Data of publication:	July 2011
ISSN:	0036-9292 1467-9485
EISSN:	1467-9485
Discipline:	Economics Political Science Statistics
Subjects:	Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Government & Law Political Science Labor market Business cycles Statistics SAMPLE SEARCH DYNAMICS BUSINESS-CYCLE VOLATILITY MODEL SHOCKS UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2011 Web of Knowledge Web of Science Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS