Aggregate Labor Market Outcomes: The Role of Choice and Chance

Richard Rogerson, Aysegul Sahin and Toshihiko Mukoyama
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Per Krusell

No 7435, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Commonly used frictional models of the labor market imply that changes in frictions have large effects on steady state employment and unemployment. We use a model that features both frictions and an operative labor supply margin to examine the robustness of this feature to the inclusion of a empirically reasonable labor supply channel. The response of unemployment to changes in frictions is similar in both models. But the labor supply response present in our model greatly attenuates the effects of frictions on steady state employment relative to the simplest matching model, and two common extensions. We also find that the presence of empirically plausible frictions has virtually no impact on the response of aggregate employment to taxes.

Keywords: Labour market frictions; Labour supply; Taxes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J22 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dge, nep-lab and nep-mac
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