This paper addresses the lack of consensus in the empirical literature regarding the effects of technological diffusion news shocks. We attribute the conflicting evidence to the wide diversity in terms of variable settings, productivity series used and identification schemes applied. We analyze...

In this paper, we analyze, by means of the difference version of Okun's law, the relationship between tourism sector growth and unemployment in Mexico during the period 2000Q2-2018Q4. The results show that tourism growth is a palliative for unemployment, whereas unemployment reduces the growth...