Some Like it Hot: Assessing Longer-Term Labor Market Benefits from a High-Pressure Economy

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Julie L. Hotchkiss

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Georgia State University - Department of Economics

Robert Elijah Moore

Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

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Date Written: February 2018

Abstract

This paper explores the evidence for positive hysteresis in the labor market. Using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth, we find that negative labor market outcomes during high unemployment periods are mitigated by exposure to a high-pressure economy during the preceding expansion. Breaking total exposure into average intensity and duration, suggests that these two dimensions have differing impacts depending on the outcome. Additionally, benefits are typically only statistically significantly different from no exposure for only a relatively few demographic groups.

Keywords: hysteresis, unemployment, labor market gaps, labor force participation, wage gaps

JEL Classification: E60, E24, J64, J31

Suggested Citation

Hotchkiss, Julie L. and Moore, Robert Elijah, Some Like it Hot: Assessing Longer-Term Labor Market Benefits from a High-Pressure Economy (February 2018). Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 18-01, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3140774 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3140774

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