Unemployment and Productivity in the Long Run : the Role of Macroeconomic Volatility /

We propose a theory of low-frequency movements in unemployment based on asymmetric real wage rigidities. The theory generates two main predictions: long-run unemployment increases with (i) a fall in long-run productivity growth and (ii) a rise in the variance of productivity growth. Evidence based o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Surico, Paolo
Other Authors: Benigno, Pierpaolo, Ricci, Luca
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/259
Online Access:Full text available on IMF