Shocking Stuff: Technology, Hours, and Factor Substitution

Cristiano Cantore, Miguel Leon-Ledesma, Peter McAdam () and Alpo Willman

No 913, School of Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, University of Surrey

Abstract: The response of hours to technology shocks is a key controversy in macroeconomics. We show that differences between RBC and NK models hinge on highly restrictive views of technology. We introduce CES production technologies and demonstrate that the response of hours depends on the factor-augmenting nature of shocks and the capital-labor substitution elasticity in both models. We develop analytical expressions to establish the thresholds determining its sign. This opens new margins for shock identification combining theory and VAR evidence. We discuss how our models provide new robust restrictions for empirical work, especially using the labor income share.

JEL-codes: E23 E25 E32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2013-11
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Journal Article: SHOCKING STUFF: TECHNOLOGY, HOURS, AND FACTOR SUBSTITUTION (2014)
Working Paper: Shocking stuff: technology, hours, and factor substitution (2010)
Working Paper: Shocking Stuff: Technology, Hours, and Factor Substitution (2010)
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