Does joining the European monetary union improve labor productivity? A synthetic control approach

We adopt the innovative synthetic control method (SCM) to study the causal effect of joining the European Monetary Union (EMU) on member countries’ labor productivity. Comparing labor productivity between members and their synthetic counterparts, we find that Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy...

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Published in:Journal of productivity analysis 2023-06, Vol.59 (3), p.287-306
Main Authors: Zhuang, Hong, Wang, Miao Grace, Ersoy, Imre, Eren, Mesut
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Business cycles
Econometrics
Economic growth
Economics
Economics and Finance
European Monetary Union
Eurozone
International finance
Labor market
Labor productivity
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Operations Research/Decision Theory
Sovereign debt
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