Measuring Macroeconomic Uncertainty: The Labor Channel of Uncertainty from a Cross-Country Perspective
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16 juin 2020
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Andreas Dibiasi et al., « Measuring Macroeconomic Uncertainty: The Labor Channel of Uncertainty from a Cross-Country Perspective », arXiv - économie
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This paper constructs internationally consistent measures of macroeconomic uncertainty. Our econometric framework extracts uncertainty from revisions in data obtained from standardized national accounts. Applying our model to post-WWII real-time data, we estimate macroeconomic uncertainty for 39 countries. The cross-country dimension of our uncertainty data allows us to study the impact of uncertainty shocks under different employment protection legislation. Our empirical findings suggest that the effects of uncertainty shocks are stronger and more persistent in countries with low employment protection compared to countries with high employment protection. These empirical findings are in line with a theoretical model under varying firing cost.