Flexible prices, labor market frictions and the response of employment to technology shocks

Recent empirical evidence establishes that a positive technology shock leads to a decline in labor inputs. Can a flexible price model enriched with labor market frictions replicate this stylized fact? We develop and estimate a standard flexible price model using Bayesian methods that allows, but doe...

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Main Authors: Zanetti, F, Mandelman, F
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2013