Labor Force Participation and Monetary Policy in the Wake of the Great Recession /

In this paper, we provide compelling evidence that cyclical factors account for the bulk of the post-2007 decline in the U.S. labor force participation rate. We then proceed to formulate a stylized New Keynesian model in which labor force participation is essentially acyclical during 'normal ti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Erceg, Christopher
Other Authors: Levin, Andrew
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/245
Online Access:Full text available on IMF