New Keynesian NAIRU and the Okun Law: An application for Colombia
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Borradores de Economía; No. 1034
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2018-01-16
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2018-01-16
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This paper proposes new monthly estimates for the non-accelerating inflation rate of
unemployment (NAIRU) and the output gap for Colombia. These rely on a New Keynesian
small open economy model following González et al (2013), augmented by an Okun’s Law
equation. The resulting output gap closely follows the business cycle, as identified by other
estimates currently employed by the central bank. The unemployment gap is negatively
correlated to the output gap, in a magnitude consistent with simple Okun Law’s estimations.
Unlike previous works, this paper presents shocks decompositions, which allow for some
economic interpretation of the unemployment dynamics in terms of macroeconomic shocks.
This framework might be well suited to evaluate the effects of monetary policy on the labor
market, as suggested by an evaluation of forecasting accuracy.
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E27 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Application
E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
E23 - Production
E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
E23 - Production
E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
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