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The Ins and Outs of Involuntary Part-time Employment

Daniel Borowczyk-Martins and Etienne Lalé ()

No 9-2018, Working Papers from Copenhagen Business School, Department of Economics

Abstract: We develop an adjustment procedure to construct U.S. monthly time series of involuntary part-time employment stocks and flows from 1976 until today. Armed with these new data, we provide a comprehensive account of the dynamics of involuntary part-time work. Transitions from full-time to involuntary part-time employment dominate this dynamics, spiking up at recessions' onsets and persisting well into recovery periods. On the other hand, weaknesses in job creation contribute little to these fluctuations. Our data and findings are relevant to inform a broader assessment of labor market performance and to develop models of cyclical labor adjustment.

Keywords: Involuntary part-time employment; Unemployment; Labor market flows; Business cycles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E32 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2018-08-01
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