rate and the unemployment rate? In the odel, these fluctuations are driven by movements in productivity. This paper … inestigates the sources of productivity fluctuations that are commonly interpreted s technology shocks. I estimate different types … correlation of productivity with unemployment and job finding that is conditional on both technology and nontechnology shocks. …

Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth … that commenced around 2005. The successful integration of five million predominantly low-productivity workers into the … labor market induced an attenuating effect on productivity growth. This does not explain the slowdown entirely, however. As …

Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth … that commenced around 2005. The successful integration of five million predominantly low-productivity workers into the … labor market induced an attenuating effect on productivity growth. This does not explain the slowdown entirely, however. As …

aggregate hours worked respond positively to a positive technology shock. Two novel aspects of the analysis are the scope (14 … hours. We show that the short-run response of aggregate hours to a positive technology shock is remarkably similar across …