A High-Resolution Lead-Lag Analysis of US GDP, Employment, and Unemployment 1977–2021: Okun’s Law and the Puzzle of Jobless Recovery

Okun’s law is formulated as the ratio between GDP and unemployment (UE): β = f(GDP/UE). It is used to investigate the relations between output and labor input across regions or across business cycles. Based on results by James D. Hamilton we replaced the United States UE with employment (EM) for the...

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Main Authors: Knut Lehre Seip, Dan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Economies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/10/10/260