Title of article :
AggregatehoursworkedinOECDcountries:Newmeasurementand
implicationsforbusinesscycles
Author/Authors :
Lee E. Ohanian، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Abstract :
We buildadatasetofquarterlyhoursworkedfor14OECDcountries.Wedocumentthat
hoursareasvolatileasoutput,thatalargefractionoflaboradjustmenttakesplace
alongtheintensivemargin,andthatthevolatilityofhoursrelativetooutputhas
increasedovertime.WeusethesedatatoreassesstheGreatRecessionandprior
recessions.TheGreatRecessioninmanycountriesisapuzzleinthatlaborwedgesare
small,whilethoseintheU.S.GreatRecession–andthoseinpreviousEuropean
recessions–aremuchlarger
Journal title :
Journal of Monetary Economics
Journal title :
Journal of Monetary Economics