• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Aggregate labor productivity
  • Contributor: Burda, Michael C. [Author]
  • Published: Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2018
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.435
  • ISSN: 2054-9571
  • Keywords: labor utilization ; aggregate productivity ; labor hoarding ; collective bargaining ;
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  • Description: Aggregate labor productivity is a central indicator of an economy's economic development and a wellspring of living standards. Somewhat controversially, many macroeconomists see productivity as a primary driver of fluctuations in economic activity along the business cycle. In some countries, the cyclical behavior of labor productivity seems to have changed. In the past 20–30 years, the US has become markedly less procyclical, while the rest of the OECD has not changed or productivity has become even more procyclical. Finding a cogent and coherent explanation of these developments is challenging.
  • Access State: Open Access