Labor Supply Shifts and Economic Fluctuations

@inproceedings{Chang2001LaborSS,
  title={Labor Supply Shifts and Economic Fluctuations},
  author={Yao-chung Chang},
  year={2001}
}

• Yao-chung Chang
• Published 2001

We propose a new VAR identification scheme that distinguishes shifts of and movements along the labor demand schedule to identify labor-supply shocks. According to our VAR analysis of post-war US data, labor-supply shifts account for about 30 percent of the variation in hours and about 15 percent of the output fluctuations at business cycle frequencies. To assess the role of labor-supply shifts in a more structural framework, estimates from a dynamic general equilibrium model with stochastic… CONTINUE READING

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