Paper #726

Título:

Product market deregulation and labor market outcomes

Autores:

Monique Ebell y Christian Haefke

Data:

Diciembre 2002

Resumen:

We consider the dynamic relationship between product market entry regulation and equilibrium unemployment. The main theoretical contribution is combining a Mortensen-Pissarides model with monopolistic competition in the goods market and individual wage bargaining. Product market competition affects unemployment via two channels: the output expansion effect and a countervailing effect due to a hiring externality. Competition is then linked to barriers to entry. A calibrated model compares a high-regulation European regime to a low-regulation Anglo-American one. Our quantitative analysis suggests that under individual bargaining, no more than half a percentage point of European unemployment rates can be attributed to entry regulation.

Palabras clave:

Product market competition, barriers to entry, wage bargaining, European Unemployment Puzzle

Códigos JEL:

E24, J63, L16, O00

Área de investigación:

Macroeconomía y Economía Internacional

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