The Response of Hours to a Technology Shock: Evidence Based on Direct Measures of Technology
NBER Working Paper No. 10254
We investigate what happens to hours worked after a positive shock to technology, using the aggregate technology series computed in Basu, Fernald and Kimball (1999). We conclude that hours worked rise after such a shock.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w10254
Published: Lawrence J. Christiano & Martin Eichenbaum & Robert Vigfusson, 2004. "The Response of Hours to a Technology Shock: Evidence Based on Direct Measures of Technology," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 2(2-3), pages 381-395, 04/05. citation courtesy of
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