The response of hours to a technology shock
Subtitle: evidence based on direct measures of technology
By: Lawrence J. Christiano, Martin Eichenbaum, Robert Vigfusson.
Contributors: Eichenbaum, Martin S.; Vigfusson, Robert J.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10254; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10254.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.; Hours of labor.
Description: "We investigate what happens to hours worked after a positive shock to technology, using the aggregate technology series computed in Basu, Fernald and Kimball (1999).  We conclude that hours worked rise after such a shock"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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