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Implementation cycles, growth and the labor market

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  • Francois Patrick

    (Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, CEPR and CIFAR)

  • Lloyd-Ellis Huw

    (Department of Economics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6)

Abstract

We develop a theory of growth and cycles that endogenously relates job flows, worker flows and wages over the cycle to the processes of restructuring, innovation and implementation that drive long-run growth. Expansions are the result of clustered implementation of new ideas and recessions are the negative consequence of the restructuring that anticipates them. Due to incentive problems, production workers are employed via relational contracts and experience involuntary unemployment. Separation rates and firm turnover are counter-cyclical, but labor productivity growth and hiring rates are procyclical. Our framework also highlights the counter-cyclical forces on wages due to restructuring, and illustrates the relationship between the cyclicality of wages and long-run productivity growth.

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  • Francois Patrick & Lloyd-Ellis Huw, 2013. "Implementation cycles, growth and the labor market," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 13(1), pages 287-329, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejmac:v:13:y:2013:i:1:p:43:n:5
    DOI: 10.1515/bejm-2012-0137
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    Keywords

    Endogenous cycles; endogenous growth; employment flows; wage rigidity; JEL codes: E0; E3; O3; O4;
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    JEL classification:

    • E0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General
    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

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