Measuring the Nairu: A Complementary Approach
22 Pages Posted: 9 Sep 2011
Date Written: September 2011
Abstract
Estimates of the Nairu generally suffer from a large uncertainty, which can be reduced by adopting a bivariate framework and assuming that shifts of the Phillips curve share a common trend with the unemployment rate. We consider in this paper if this common trend assumption is empirically relevant or not for seven economies over the sample 1973-2010. First, it appears that the Nairu can substantially differ from the unemployment trend. Second, relaxing the common trend assumption improves the fit of the inflation equation. Third, this assumption is necessary for getting an important reduction of uncertainty in a bivariate framework.
Keywords: Nairu, inflation, uncertainty
JEL Classification: C32, E31, E24
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