Productivity or Employment : Is It a Choice? /

Traditionally, shocks to total factor productivity (TFP) are considered exogenous and the employment response depends on their effect on aggregate demand. We raise the possibility that in response to labor supply shocks firms adjust efficiency, rendering TFP endogenous to firms' production deci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Michelis, Andrea
Other Authors: Estevao, Marcello, Wilson, Beth Anne
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/097
Online Access:Full text available on IMF