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American Economic Review: Vol. 96 No. 1 (March 2006)
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Do Technological Improvements in the Manufacturing Sector Raise or Lower Employment?
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Chang, Yongsung, and
Jay H. Hong. 2006. "Do Technological Improvements in the Manufacturing Sector Raise or Lower Employment?."
The American Economic Review,
96(1): 352-368.
DOI: 10.1257/000282806776157687
DOI: 10.1257/000282806776157687
Abstract
We find that technology's effect on employment varies greatly across manufacturing industries. Some industries exhibit a temporary reduction in employment in response to a permanent increase in TFP, whereas many more industries exhibit an employment increase in response to a permanent TFP shock. This raises serious questions about existing work that finds a labor productivity shock has a strong negative effect on employment. There are tantalizing and interesting differences between TFP and labor productivity. We argue that TFP is a more natural measure of technology because labor productivity reflects shifts in the input mix as well as in technology.
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Chang, Yongsung
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Hong, Jay H.
