Migration, Remittances, and Wage-Inflation Spillovers: The Case of Albania

Migration, Remittances, and Wage-Inflation Spillovers: The Case of Albania

Autor:

Lorena Skufi
Meri Papavangjeli
Adam Gersl

Publikováno v: IES Working Papers 5/2024
Klíčová slova: labor market, demographics, inflation, wage, remittances, feedback-loop
JEL codes:

J11, J21, J31, E24, E31

Citace:

Skufi L., Papavangjeli M., Gersl A. (2024): " Migration, remittances, and wage-inflation spillovers: The case of Albania " IES Working Papers 5/2024. IES FSV. Charles University.

Abstrakt:

Motivated by migration phenomena and wage-inflation spillovers, we investigate the relationship between the two and the inflationary remittances built-in pressures. We establish a feedback loop between migration and inflation, and specify a simple dynamic model to identify the pass-through. Our empirical approach focuses on the wage Phillips Curve, price setting under monopolistic competition, and state space model for the natural unemployment rate. Our estimates suggest that overshooting inflation and tight labor market conditions increase wage-inflation sensitivity. A continuous decline of population by 1% leads to 98 basis points (BP) of inflation pressures in the short-run and 23 BP in the long-run. Remittances induce excessive pressures by 18 BP on inflation. Supportive schemes such as an older retirement age and higher labor force participation rate can partially mitigate inflationary.

Ke stažení: wp_2024_05_skufi, papavagjeli, gersl