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2017 | 20 | 4 | 23-43

Article title

Monetary Policy Transmission and the Labour Market in the Non‑eurozone Visegrad Group Countries in 2000–2014. Evidence from a SVAR Analysis

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Title variants

Transmisja polityki pieniężnej a rynek pracy w krajach Grupy Wyszehradzkiej niebędących członkami strefy euro w latach 2000–2014. Wyniki analiz z wykorzystaniem modeli SVAR

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Abstracts

EN
This paper is aimed at filling the gap in existing economic research by delivering new evidence on the money‑labour nexus in the emerging markets of the non‑eurozone Visegrad group countries (i.e. Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland). Analyses are based on the Strucutral VAR (SVAR) models of the monetary transmission mechanism, estimated using monthly data from the 2000:1–2014:2 period. In order to obtain impulse responses, the short‑run restrictions set, based on the monetary transmission theory, is imposed. Two different identification schemes are considered. The results confirm that there exists a nexus between monetary policy, employment, and unemployment. According to the obtained estimates monetary policy shocks invoked lagged, hump‑shaped reactions of output, employment and unemployment in each of the analysed countries.
PL
Celem prezentowanego artykułu jest wypełnienie luki w istniejącej literaturze ekonomicznej poprzez dostarczenie nowych dowodów na istnienie zależności pomiędzy rozmiarami podaży pieniądza a poziomami zatrudnienia i bezrobocia obserwowanymi w krajach Grupy Wyszehradzkiej niebędących członkami strefy euro (Czechach, Węgrzech i Polsce). Analizy wykorzystują strukturalne modele wektorowej autoregresji (SVAR), które estymowano w oparciu o dane miesięczne z okresu 2000:1–2014:2. W celu uzyskania oszacowań funkcji odpowiedzi na impuls wykorzystano zbiór restrykcji krótkookresowych wyprowadzonych z teorii transmisji polityki pieniężnej. Zaproponowano dwie różne identyfikacje modelu. Wyniki potwierdzają istnienie zależności pomiędzy polityką pieniężną, zatrudnieniem i bezrobociem. Zgodnie z uzyskanymi oszacowaniami szoki polityki pieniężnej powodują opóźnioną reakcję produkcji, zatrudnienia i stopy bezrobocia w analizowanych krajach.

Year

Volume

20

Issue

4

Pages

23-43

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Dates

published
2017-12-30

Contributors

  • University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Macroeconomics

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Publication order reference

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