Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177811 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 435 [Publisher:] Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2018
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Aggregate labor productivity is a central indicator of an economy's economic development and a wellspring of living standards. Somewhat controversially, many macroeconomists see productivity as a primary driver of fluctuations in economic activity along the business cycle. In some countries, the cyclical behavior of labor productivity seems to have changed. In the past 20–30 years, the US has become markedly less procyclical, while the rest of the OECD has not changed or productivity has become even more procyclical. Finding a cogent and coherent explanation of these developments is challenging.
Subjects: 
aggregate productivity
labor utilization
labor hoarding
collective bargaining
JEL: 
E
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P
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Document Type: 
Article

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