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Labor Demand Responses to Changing Gas Prices

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  • Bossler Mario

    (Julius-Maximilian-University Wuerzburg (JMU Wuerzburg), Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and Labor and Socio-Economic Research Center of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (LASER), JMU Wuerzburg, Sanderring 2, 97070 Wuerzburg, Germany)

  • Moog Alexander

    (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU Mainz), JGU Mainz, Jakob-Welder-Weg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany)

  • Schank Thorsten

    (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU Mainz), Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and Labor and Socio-Economic Research Center of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (LASER), JGU Mainz, Jakob-Welder-Weg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany)

Abstract

In course of the current energy crisis, the consequences of increasing gas prices are heavily discussed. To date, however, there is no evidence of the impact of gas prices on the labor market. Using administrative employment data from 2012 to 2020, we find for manufacturing establishments a gas price elasticity of labor demand of −0.02, likely reflecting a scale effect. We also show that a rise in the gas price leads to an increase in establishment closure. A negative impact of the gas price on wages of 2 percent is consistent with rent-sharing.

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  • Bossler Mario & Moog Alexander & Schank Thorsten, 2023. "Labor Demand Responses to Changing Gas Prices," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 23(4), pages 1073-1080, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejeap:v:23:y:2023:i:4:p:1073-1080:n:14
    DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2023-0114
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    Keywords

    elasticity; establishment closure; gas price; labor demand; wages;
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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • Q31 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Demand and Supply; Prices

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