Sacrifice rate and labor precariousness in Mexico, 2005Q1-2019Q4

Since 1998, the Mexican economy has clearly presented six disinflationary episodes. We estimate seven Phillips curves, to evaluate the social cost in terms of the sacrifice rate in GDP, unemployment rate and in the Rate of Critical Labor Conditions (RCLC). Our results suggest that, by including lab...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Loría, Raúl Cossio
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2022-12-01
Series:Cuadernos de Economía
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ceconomia/article/view/92783
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description Since 1998, the Mexican economy has clearly presented six disinflationary episodes. We estimate seven Phillips curves, to evaluate the social cost in terms of the sacrifice rate in GDP, unemployment rate and in the Rate of Critical Labor Conditions (RCLC). Our results suggest that, by including labor precariousness in the New Keynesian Phillips Curve, measured with RCLC, inflation behavior is more accurately modeled. We found that there are important cointegration relationships that reflect that for 2005Q1-2019Q4 labor precariousness has been the main disinflationary adjustment variable, since 1 point reduction in inflation corresponds to an increase of 3.65 points in RCLC.
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spelling doaj.art-63893eefe37a46c097ba910c0181abc62023-01-27T15:32:26ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaCuadernos de Economía0121-47722248-43372022-12-01418710.15446/cuad.econ.v41n87.92783 Sacrifice rate and labor precariousness in Mexico, 2005Q1-2019Q4Eduardo Loría0Raúl Cossio1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México Since 1998, the Mexican economy has clearly presented six disinflationary episodes. We estimate seven Phillips curves, to evaluate the social cost in terms of the sacrifice rate in GDP, unemployment rate and in the Rate of Critical Labor Conditions (RCLC). Our results suggest that, by including labor precariousness in the New Keynesian Phillips Curve, measured with RCLC, inflation behavior is more accurately modeled. We found that there are important cointegration relationships that reflect that for 2005Q1-2019Q4 labor precariousness has been the main disinflationary adjustment variable, since 1 point reduction in inflation corresponds to an increase of 3.65 points in RCLC. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ceconomia/article/view/92783new keynesian phillips curvelabor precariousnessunemploymentdisinflationcointegrationARDL
spellingShingle Eduardo Loría
Raúl Cossio
Sacrifice rate and labor precariousness in Mexico, 2005Q1-2019Q4
Cuadernos de Economía
new keynesian phillips curve
labor precariousness
unemployment
disinflation
cointegration
ARDL
title Sacrifice rate and labor precariousness in Mexico, 2005Q1-2019Q4
title_full Sacrifice rate and labor precariousness in Mexico, 2005Q1-2019Q4
title_fullStr Sacrifice rate and labor precariousness in Mexico, 2005Q1-2019Q4
title_full_unstemmed Sacrifice rate and labor precariousness in Mexico, 2005Q1-2019Q4
title_short Sacrifice rate and labor precariousness in Mexico, 2005Q1-2019Q4
title_sort sacrifice rate and labor precariousness in mexico 2005q1 2019q4
topic new keynesian phillips curve
labor precariousness
unemployment
disinflation
cointegration
ARDL
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ceconomia/article/view/92783
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