Technology Shocks and the Labor‐Input Response: Evidence from Firm‐Level Data

Mikael Carlsson and Jon Smedsaas

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2007, vol. 39, issue 6, 1509-1520

Abstract: We study the relationship between technology shocks and labor input on Swedish firm‐level data using a production function approach to identify technology shocks. Taking standard steps yields a contractionary contemporaneous labor‐input response in line with previous studies. This finding may, however, be driven by measurement errors in the labor‐input variable. Relying on a unique feature of our data set, which contains two independently measured firm‐specific labor input measures, we can evaluate the potential bias. We do not find that this bias conceals any true positive contemporaneous effect. The results thus point away from standard flexible‐price models and toward models emphasizing firm‐level rigidities.

Date: 2007
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