I construct and analyze a growth model in which technical change can increase unemployment. I first analyze the forces …, this change leads to faster growth in output per worker and wages, but it also yields higher unemployment and a lower labor … that deliver a constant steady state unemployment rate in this setting. Labor-saving technical change increases …

We investigate the relationship between unemployment and growth in China. We find considerable differences in the … find a hump-shaped relationship between unemployment and our proxy for the speed of reform. The current unemployment in …

growth model with endogenous work-leisure choice, we assess the role of trend growth slowdown in accounting for the decline … in hours worked. In the model, a permanent reduction in technological growth decreases steady state hours worked by … the decline in technological growth to show that technological growth has a highly significant positive effect on hours. A …

. This model yields a simple relationship between (i) the unemployment rate, (ii) the value of non-market time, and (iii) the … and allow for measurement error. The estimated wage dispersion and mismatch for the US is consistent with an unemployment …

all their candidates) only wage mechanisms that allow for ex post Bertrand competition generate the maximum matching on a …

demand and reduced working hours so as to stabilize workers’ income. In a matching framework such an arrangement increases … labor demand. Tightening eligibility to short-time work benefits tends to reduce the wage while the impact on unemployment …

Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth … labor market induced an attenuating effect on productivity growth. This does not explain the slowdown entirely, however. As … potential to lift productivity growth more strongly, but they frequently translated into employment growth instead …

publicly posting long-term contracts. In such a competitive search setting, firms achieve faster growth not only by posting …

skewness of the earnings growth distribution arises mostly from the earnings changes of employer and occupation switchers. To …