We develop a heterogeneous-agent general equilibrium model that incorporates both intensive and extensive margins of labor supply. A nonconvexity in the mapping between time devoted to work and labor services distinguishes between extensive and intensive margins. We consider calibrated versions...

and less cyclical unemployment duration. We examine these predictions for workers in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

agent model; (ii) taste and technology parameters in the DSGE model are not policy invariant; (iii) fiscal policy predictions from the DSGE model are inaccurate.

Separations are noticeably more countercyclical for workers who average shorter workweeks. This pattern is mirrored in wage cyclicality; wages are less procyclical for those who work shorter hours. But separations, counter to our model predictions, are not higher in recessions nor heavily...

We consider a matching model of employment with wages that are flexible for new hires, but sticky within matches. We depart from standard treatments of sticky wages by allowing worker effort to respond to the wage being too high or low, rendering the effective wage (wage divided by output) more...

This paper explores the valuation channel of external adjustment in a two-country dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model (DSGE) with international equity trading. The theoretical model we set up matches key moments of the data for the United States at business cycle frequency at least as...

We present a simple sticky-price model with inventories and show that the employment response to a productivity shock depends crucially on the extent to which goods are storable. If firms hold inventories, then, in response to a favorable cost shock, firms can expand output relative to sales....

The standard theory of household portfolio choice is hard to reconcile with the following facts. (i) Despite a high rate of returns the average household holds a low share of risky assets (equity premium puzzle). (ii) The share of risky assets increases in age. (iii) The share of risky assets is...

Based on the industrial production of 74 U.S. manufacturing industries, we identify the turning points of industry cycles. Industry peaks and troughs are concentrated around national turning points, confirming that the comovement is a salient feature of the business cycle. However, we find a...