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A Markov-switching vector equilibrium correction model of the UK labour market

A Markov-switching vector equilibrium correction model of the UK labour market
A Markov-switching vector equilibrium correction model of the UK labour market
There is a wide literature on the dynamic adjustment of employment and its relationship with the business cycle. Our aim is to propose a statistical model that offers a congruent representation of post-war UK labour market. We use a cointegrated vector autoregressive Markov-switching model where some parameters change according to the phase of the business cycle. Output, employment, labour supply and real earnings are found to have a common cyclical component. The long run dynamics are characterized by two cointegrating vectors: trend-adjusted labour productivity and the labour share. Despite there having been many changes affecting this sector of the UK economy, the Markov-switching vector-equilibrium-correction model with three regimes representing recession, growth and high growth provides a good characterization of the sample data over the period 1966(3)-1993(1) In an out-of-sample forecast experiment over the period 1991(2)-1993(1) it beats linear and non-linear model alternatives. The results of an impulse-response analysis highlight the dangers of using VARs when the constancy of the estimated coefficients has not been established.
business cycles, employment, impulse-response analysis, cointegration, regime shifts, markov switching
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Department of Economics, University of Southampton
Krolzig, Hans-Martin
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Marcellino, Massimiliano
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Mizon, Grayham E.
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Krolzig, Hans-Martin
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Marcellino, Massimiliano
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Mizon, Grayham E.
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Krolzig, Hans-Martin, Marcellino, Massimiliano and Mizon, Grayham E. (2000) A Markov-switching vector equilibrium correction model of the UK labour market (Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 105) Southampton, UK. Department of Economics, University of Southampton 20pp.

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Abstract

There is a wide literature on the dynamic adjustment of employment and its relationship with the business cycle. Our aim is to propose a statistical model that offers a congruent representation of post-war UK labour market. We use a cointegrated vector autoregressive Markov-switching model where some parameters change according to the phase of the business cycle. Output, employment, labour supply and real earnings are found to have a common cyclical component. The long run dynamics are characterized by two cointegrating vectors: trend-adjusted labour productivity and the labour share. Despite there having been many changes affecting this sector of the UK economy, the Markov-switching vector-equilibrium-correction model with three regimes representing recession, growth and high growth provides a good characterization of the sample data over the period 1966(3)-1993(1) In an out-of-sample forecast experiment over the period 1991(2)-1993(1) it beats linear and non-linear model alternatives. The results of an impulse-response analysis highlight the dangers of using VARs when the constancy of the estimated coefficients has not been established.

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Published date: 2000
Keywords: business cycles, employment, impulse-response analysis, cointegration, regime shifts, markov switching
Organisations: Economics

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/33099
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Date deposited: 18 May 2006
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Author: Hans-Martin Krolzig
Author: Massimiliano Marcellino
Author: Grayham E. Mizon

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