{"title":"Firm entry, endogenous wage moderation, and labor market dynamics","authors":"Andrea Colciago , Stefano Fasani , Lorenza Rossi","doi":"10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104939","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Profit-seeking is a key driver of new business creation, which, in turn, significantly influences unemployment dynamics. This paper uses US data to estimate the joint responses of firm entry, profits, unemployment, hours worked, and other aggregates to commonly studied supply shocks. Our analysis finds a positive correlation between firm entry, profits, and total hours worked, alongside a negative correlation with the unemployment rate. We develop and estimate a general equilibrium model that captures these dynamics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48389,"journal":{"name":"European Economic Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 104939"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Economic Review","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001429212400268X","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Profit-seeking is a key driver of new business creation, which, in turn, significantly influences unemployment dynamics. This paper uses US data to estimate the joint responses of firm entry, profits, unemployment, hours worked, and other aggregates to commonly studied supply shocks. Our analysis finds a positive correlation between firm entry, profits, and total hours worked, alongside a negative correlation with the unemployment rate. We develop and estimate a general equilibrium model that captures these dynamics.
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The European Economic Review (EER) started publishing in 1969 as the first research journal specifically aiming to contribute to the development and application of economics as a science in Europe. As a broad-based professional and international journal, the EER welcomes submissions of applied and theoretical research papers in all fields of economics. The aim of the EER is to contribute to the development of the science of economics and its applications, as well as to improve communication between academic researchers, teachers and policy makers across the European continent and beyond.