Cyclical variation in labor hours and productivity using the ATUS

Michael Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh and Jay Stewart

No 2013-015, SFB 649 Discussion Papers from Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk

Abstract: We examine monthly variation in weekly work hours using data for 2003-10 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on hours/worker, from the Current Employment Survey (CES) on hours/job, and from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) on both. The ATUS data minimize recall difficulties and constrain hours of work to accord with total available time. The ATUS hours/worker are less cyclical than the CPS series, but the hours/job are more cyclical than the CES series. We present alternative estimates of productivity based on ATUS data and find that it is more pro-cyclical than other productivity measures.

Keywords: time use; business cycles; productivity; ATUS; labor hoarding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E23 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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