Autori
Waldmann, Robert
De Long, J. Bradford

Titolo
Interpreting procyclical productivity : evidence from a cross-nation cross-industry panel
Periodico
European University Institute of Badia Fiesolana (Fi). Department of Economics - Working papers
Anno: 1992 - Fascicolo: 68 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 35

We use an international panel data set of value added by industry to see if labor productivity is procyclical in response to demand shocks. It is: holding fixed our proxy for supply-side factors—the value added levels of an industry in other nations—industry-level productivity rises when value added in the rest of manufacturing rises. Moreover, increases in unemployment are associated with a lowered degree of procyclicality in the U.S. and with heightened procyclicality in Europe. This suggests that procyclical productivity arises primarily from “labor hoarding” by firms in the U.S. that wish to avoid future training costs and primarily from “job hoarding” by workers in Europe who wish to avoid unemployment.



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