Janka Elective Seminar

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Types of equilibrium unemployment:
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frictional, structural, natural, NAIRU
NAIRU stands for:
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Non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment
Types of disequilibrium unemployment:
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classical (neoclassical), cyclical (Keynesian)
Frictional (search) unemployment occurs when people
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leave their jobs and are unemployed for a period of time while they are looking for a new job
Frictional (search) unemployment occurs as a result of
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imperfect information the labour market
when Frictional (search) unemployment occurs
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it takes time for workers to find jobs even though there are vacancies
Types of theories of unemployment:
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Neoclassical, Keynesian, Job Search, Natural rate of unemployment, NAIRU, Beveridge curve
heterogenous means
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diverse in character or content
Job offers are heterogenous in terms of
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wage levels and skill requirements by employers
Job seekers are heterogenous in terms of
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skills possessed and wage aspirations- reservation wages
What is a reservation wage
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the lowest wage rate at which a worker would be willing to accept a particular type of job
Frictional unemployment can be reduced if
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the duration of matching is reduced
The job sample is
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the number of job offers considered by a job seeker
The higher the wage aspirations,
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the higher reservation wage
The model of the reservation wage explains the importance of
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the reservation wage and the level of skills for job search
The model of the reservation wage explains how
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the level of reservation wage and skills impact the chances to find jobs
The model of the reservation wage indicates
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how the unemployed behave in the process of job search
list of markets in the economy:
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goods market, money (monetary) market, capital market, investment market, land market, labour market
Labour market- definition:
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a place where buyers and sellers of labour come together to determine the pricing and quantity of labour services contracted; a place where labour services are sold and bought
Economic units in the labour market:
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employees, employers, unemployed, trade unions, employers unions, labour offices
different types of the labour market (geographical dimensions):
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national, regional, local
2 most essential features of the labour market:
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heterogeneity of labour services, mobility of labour
heterogeneity of the labour services means people
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differ in terms of their skills, motivations, and willingness to take risks
heterogeneity of the labour services means employers
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look for employees with certain skills and occupations
mobility means
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ability and readiness of people to change their position in the labour market (by changing their skills, places of work, occupations, places of residence)
mobility provides
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links between different labour markets (people move from one labour market to another)
types of labour mobility
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occupational, educational, skill, spatial
The pecuniary rewrds from selling labour supply are
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wages and salaries; fringe benefits (employer provided health insurance, e
The non-pecuniary rewards from selling labour supply are
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a pleasant and safe working environment
pecuniary means
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relating to or consisting of money
nominal wages
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the amount of money paid to the workers in current dollars
real wages
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nominal wages divided by some measure of prices
the labour supply curve depicts
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an amount of labour which individuals are willing to supply
The labour demand curve depicts
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an ammount of labour which an individual firm or a group of firms is willing to hire
Theory of marginal productivity
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as more of variable factor of production is used in conjunction with a fixed factor of production- the output of each successive unit of the variable factor will diminish
The total population is comprised of
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the working age population and the non working age population
The working age population is comprised of
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the economically active and the economically inactive
The economically active are comprised of
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the employed and the unemployed
The labour supply consists of
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the economically active, or the employed and the unemployed
The labour demand consists of
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the employed and the open vacancies
in equilibrium the
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labour supply and labour demand are equal
Labour market economics is a part of
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economics focused on the analysis of economic processes in the labour market
Labour market economics tries to discover
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relationships and regularities in the labour market
The micro approach is the study of
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behavious of employees and employers in respose to the general incentives of wages, prices, profits and nonpecuniary aspects of the employment relationship
The macrop approach is the study of
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the labour market as a whole
types of labour market indicators
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absolute and relative; stock and flow
absolute indicators are based on
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absolute variables, for example total unemployment, number of employees fired
relative indicators are
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expressed in percentages, and are relations between two absolute variables, for example unemployment rate
Absolute indicators are used to show
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tendencies in the investigated labour market
relative indicators are used to
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compare different labour markets
stock indicators are based on
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stock variables, for example: number of employed, unemployment rate
flow indicators are based on
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flow variables, for example: number of employees fired, inflow rate into unemployment
The activity rate shows
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the proportion of working age persons who are able and ready to work
The labour force is comprised of
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people who are able and ready to work
The unemployment rate shows
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the proportion of people at working age, able and ready to work who are unemployed
The unemployment rate indicates
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the share of unemployed in total labour force
employers are
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profit maximizing units
if wages are flexible
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there is a tendency to equalize labour demand and labour supply
unemployment can exist if wages are
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not flexible and too high
aggregate means
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formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total.
NAIRU is a type of
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equilibrium unemployment which stabilizes inflation
AUR stands for
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actual unemployment rate
if AUR > NAIRU
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we have decreasing inflation
if AUR < NAIRU
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we have increasing inflation
if AUR = NAIRU
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we have stabilisation of inflation
in order to reduce inflation
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AUR needs to be > NAIRU
How can the government keep AUR above or below NAIRU?
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using macroeconomic policies (fiscal and monetary) to influence level of aggregate demand for goods and the level of actual unemployment
in order to have effective counterinflation policy
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one must accept unemployment as its social cost
DRW stands for
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Real wage rates demanded by employees
RWR stands for
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real wage rates (which are in line with the economic possibilities of the economy)
the NAIRU level of unemployment is when
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real wage rates demanded = realistic wage rates
the higher labour productivity
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the higher level of RWR
the faster technical progres
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the higher level or RWR
the better situation in the balance of payment in the country
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the higher level of RWR
the higher AUR
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the lower DRW
the higher generosity of the social policy
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the higher DRW
the higher share of long-term unemployment
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the higher DRW
the bigger the imbalance in the labour market
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the higher DRW
The higher the labour productivity
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the lower the level of NAIRU
As a result of unemployment and inactivity, there is a reduction of
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the stock of skills or labour force
The Unemployed with reduced skills have
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lower chances of finding jobs
the longer the duration of unemployment
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the bigger reduction of skills
there is a relationship between GDP growth and
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the change in unemployment rate
Okun's Law states that
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1% more output growth leads to a reduction in the unemployment rate of 0.4 percent
the replacement ration is a ration between
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the level of unemployment benefit and the level of wages or salaries while employed
higher unemployment leads to
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lower inflation
unemployed are people
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able and ready to work; out of work; looking for jobs
short-term unemployment
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< 3 months
medium-term unemployment
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4-12 months
long-term unemployment
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> 12 months
open unemployment is
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unemployment seen in official statistics
hidden unemployment is
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the opposite of open; example: part-time workers who would like to work full-time
voluntary unemployment happens when
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people are unsatisfied with their current wage
involuntary unemployment happens when
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people want to work but they cannot find jobs because of insufficient aggregate demand for goods
short run technological unemployment results from
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the impelentation of new technologies which crowd off labour
definition of unemployment policy:
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a number of activities and tools taken by the state in order to reduce unemployment
main areas of unemployment policies taken by the state
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macroeconomic policy; labour market institutions; labour market policy
Macroeconomic policy consists of the monetary policy which is
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run by the central bank
macroeconomic policy consists of the fiscal policy which is
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run by the government
restrictive monetary and fiscal policies
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reduce the level of aggregate demand
stimulative monetary and fiscal policies
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increase the level of aggreagate demand
LMI stands for
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labour market institutions
LMIs have influence over
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economic units (employers, employees, the unemployed)
economic unit's (employers, employees, the unemployed) decisions have influence over
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employment, unemployment and wage changes
Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP)
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aimed at improving the situation in the labour market and reducing unemployment
Passive Labour Market Policy (PLMP)
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aimed at moderating (mitigating) negaative effects of unemployment

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