The Ins and Outs of Unemployment: A Conditional Analysis


Autoria(s): López-Salido, J. David; Canova, Fabio; Michelacci, Claudio
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa

Data(s)

10/07/2013

Resumo

We analyze how unemployment, job finding and job separation rates react to neutral and investment-specific technology shocks. Neutral shocks increase unemployment and explain a substantial portion of unemployment volatility; investment-specific shocks expand employment and hours worked and mostly contribute to hours worked volatility. Movements in the job separation rates are responsible for the impact response of unemployment while job finding rates for movements along its adjustment path. Our evidence qualifies the conclusions by Hall (2005) and Shimer (2007) and warns against using search models with exogenous separation rates to analyze the effects of technology shocks.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2072/214246

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Palavras-Chave #Unemployment, technological progress, labor market flows, business cycle models.
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