Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21104 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 255
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we study how promoting product market competition by reducing mark-ups or by increasing productivity are able to complement labor market reforms. We use a simple general equilibrium model with different types of labor. The bottom-line of the paper is that product market reforms will help to reduce aggregate unemployment under many circumstances even though sectoral unemployment may increase. We also highlight that the mobility of high-skilled workers and the distribution of unemployment across sectors determine whether productivity improvements in one sector affect aggregate unemployment positively or negatively.
Subjects: 
Product market competition
unemployment
mobility of labor force
political support for reforms
JEL: 
E24
J60
D58
L13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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