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Hours, wages, and multipliers

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  • Sztachera, Maciej

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The quantitative HANK model, incorporating the coordination of hours worked in production, yields an improved empirical fit along two dimensions: a more concentrated steady-state distribution of hours worked and lower marginal propensities to earn (MPEs) with positive but moderate fiscal multipliers for separable preferences. In the model, failing to coordinate work hours with coworkers leads to wage penalties, and labor earnings display decreasing returns to hours. Consequently, households prefer working hours closer to the average and adjust their hours less in response to idiosyncratic shocks than in the standard model. Aggregate shocks increase optimal hours for all employees, and the coordination friction does not bind. The model matches the empirical estimates of the idiosyncratic and aggregate Frisch elasticities.

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  • Sztachera, Maciej, 2024. "Hours, wages, and multipliers," MPRA Paper 121556, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:121556
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    Keywords

    Coordination; fiscal multipliers; HANK trilemma; hours;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
    • H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm

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