Resurrecting the participation margin

Monique Ebell

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Abstract: This paper considers a real business cycle model with search frictions in the labor market and labor supply which is elastic along the extensive (participation) margin. Previous authors have found that such models generate counterfactually procyclical unemployment and a positively-sloped Beveridge curve. This paper presents a calibrated model which does indeed generate countercyclical unemployment and a negatively-sloped Beveridge curve despite the presence of a participation margin.

Keywords: Unemployment; Business Cycles; Labor Force Participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E32 J21 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2008-06
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Working Paper: Resurrecting the Participation Margin (2008)
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