IMF Working Papers

Labor Market Segmentation in a Two-Sector Model of An Open Economy

By Dimitri G Demekas

April 1, 1990

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Dimitri G Demekas. Labor Market Segmentation in a Two-Sector Model of An Open Economy, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1990) accessed November 8, 2024
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Summary

The paper examines formally the effects of labor market segmentation in a two-sector open economy model. The model demonstrates how the structure of the labor market affects the real exchange rate, defined as the relative price of traded and home goods, and is then used to examine the effects of two common labor market policies: increasing the degree of primary market coverage, and implementing wage restraint in the primary market. It is shown that increasing the degree of primary market coverage increases unemployment and leads to a real appreciation. Real wage restraint in the primary market, on the other hand, reduces unemployment, and has ambiguous but probably small effects on the real exchange rate.

Subject: Foreign exchange, Labor, Labor markets, Real exchange rates, Real wages, Unemployment, Wages

Keywords: Demand, Employment rise, Goods sector, Home goods market equilibrium condition, Home goods price, Labor market segmentation, Labor markets, Nominal exchange rate, Real exchange rates, Real wage restraint, Real wages, Unemployment, Wages, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    32

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1990/033

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0331990

  • ISBN:

    9781451979138

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 37, No. 4, December 1990.

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