Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0

Author-Name: Cecilia Peluffo  
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad Nacional de La Plata 

Title: Costos de movilidad intersectorial del empleo, shocks comerciales y tecnológicos: Resultados para Argentina en base a un modelo estructural

Abstract: This paper estimates workers’ intersectoral switching costs based on a dynamic model of labor adjustment using data for Argentina (1996-2009). The estimated parameters are incorporated into a  neoclassical model of trade to simulate the dynamic equilibrium impact (on welfare, wages and labor allocation) of trade shocks and technological changes. The approach used in this paper follows the method developed in Artuç, Chaudhuri and McLaren (2010). Our estimates show that Argentinian workers face high average intersectoral adjustment costs. This result suggests that the adjustment of the labor market in response to shocks is slow.
Classification-JEL: F10, D58, J60

Keywords: Labor Adjustment Costs, Sectoral Mobility, Trade Shocks and Technological Changes.

Journal: Económica

Pages: 105-144
Volume: LVI
Year: 2010
Month: January-December
File-URL: https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/Economica/article/view/5369/4395
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:akh:journl:573