This paper investigates how both inter- and intra-sectoral reallocations of workers contribute to fluctuations in the aggregate unemployment rate. On the basis of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data for the 1986-96 period, we construct a monthly longitudinal data set that enables us...

Using 1979-2011 Current Population Survey data for the United States and 1975-2011 New Earnings Survey data for Great Britain, we study wage behavior in both countries, with particular attention to the Great Recession. Real wages are procyclical in both countries, but the procyclicality of real...