Reservation Raises: The Aggregate Labour Supply Curve at the Extensive Margin
Preston Mui, Benjamin Schoefer
Review of Economic Studies,
Vol. 92 (1),
2025
Abstract
We measure desired labour supply at the extensive (employment) margin in two representative surveys of the U.S. and German populations. We elicit reservation raises: the percent wage change that renders a given individual indifferent between employment and nonemployment. It is equal to her reservation wage divided by her actual, or potential, wage. The reservation raise distribution is the nonparametric aggregate labour supply curve. Locally, the curve exhibits large short-run elasticities above 3, consistent with business cycle evidence. For larger upward shifts, arc elasticities shrink towards 0.5, consistent with quasi-experimental evidence from tax holidays. Existing models fail to match this nonconstant, asymmetric curve.
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Konjunktur aktuell: Frostige Aussichten für die deutsche Wirtschaft
Konjunktur aktuell,
No. 4,
2024
Abstract
Zur Jahreswende dürfte die weltweite Produktion weiterhin in etwa so schnell wie in der Dekade vor der Pandemie expandieren. Die Konjunktur im Euroraum ist nur verhalten, und die Stagnation der deutschen Wirtschaft setzt sich fort. Die Industrie verliert an internationaler Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Unternehmen und Verbraucher halten sich aufgrund unklarer wirtschaftspolitischer Aussichten mit ihren Ausgaben zurück. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt dürfte im Jahr 2024 um 0,2% sinken und im Jahr 2025 um 0,4% expandieren.
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14 Euro Mindestlohn: Rund ein Fünftel der Betriebe erwartet einen Beschäftigungsrückgang
Erik-Benjamin Börschlein, André Diegmann
IAB Forum,
October
2024
Abstract
Auf die Erhöhung des Mindestlohns auf 12 Euro im Oktober 2022 haben rund 30 Prozent der Betriebe in Deutschland mit Lohnerhöhungen reagiert. Eine weitere Anhebung des Mindestlohns auf 14 Euro könnte mehr als jeden zweiten Betrieb betreffen. Etwa ein Drittel der Betriebe, die direkt davon betroffen wären, geht davon aus, innerhalb der kommenden zwölf Monate Beschäftigung abbauen zu müssen.
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The IAB Job Vacancy Survey: Establishment survey on labor demand and recruitment processes, waves 2000 to 2021 and subsequent quarters 2006 to 2022
Erik-Benjamin Börschlein, André Diegmann, Nicole Gürtzgen, Alexander Kubis, André Pirralha, Laura Pohlan, Martin Popp, Franka Vetter
FDZ-Datenreport,
06
2024
Abstract
The IAB Job Vacancy Survey is a quarterly and representative establishment survey on labor demand and recruitment processes in Germany. The survey identifies the overall stock of vacancies in the German labor market, including those vacancies that are not reported to the Federal Employment Agency (FEA). The first module of the questionnaire collects information about the number and structure of vacancies, future personnel requirements, about the current economic situation and the expected development of participating establishments. The second module enquires about employer attitudes and firm use of current labor market instruments as well as the employer handling of people disadvantaged in the labor market. The third module asks for information about the last new hire and the last case of a failed recruitment effort. The Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency offers the data sets of the survey waves from 2000 onwards.
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