This study investigates the extent and speed of dynamic adjustment of labour supply to changes in labour demand, government policies and autonomous trends. We estimate error-correction models (ECMs) for male and female participation rates in the Netherlands between 1969 and 2004. The results...

We empirically show that the short-run elasticity of substitution between capital and labor ($\sigma_t$) is countercyclical. In recessions, capital and labor are more substitutable than in expansions. We explore the effects of the countercyclicality of $\sigma_t$ on aggregate fluctuations in the...