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Economics 2 Professor Christina Romer Spring 2016 Professor David Romer
LECTURE 19
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE LONG RUN
March 31, 2016
I. OVERVIEW
II. HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
A. New production techniques
B. New goods
C. Better institutions
III. SOURCES OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
A. Supply and demand diagram for invention
B. Factors that could shift the supply and demand curves
C. Policies to encourage technological progress
IV. EMPLOYMENT AND POTENTIAL OUTPUT
A. Effects of an increase in N*/POP
B. Effects of an increase in POP
V. DETERMINANTS OF THE NORMAL EMPLOYMENT-TO-POPULATION RATIO AND THE NORMAL REAL WAGE
A. Review and modification of labor supply/labor demand diagram
B. Change in workers’ tastes (Married women)
C. Change in labor demand (Low-skilled males)
D. The large rise in real wages over time
VI. THE NATURAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
A. Definition
B. Job rationing
C. Job search
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LECTURE 19 Employment and Unemployment in the Long Run
March 31, 2016
Economics 2 Christina Romer Spring 2016 David Romer
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Announcements
• Midterm 2 Logistics:
• Thursday, April 7, 3:30–5:00
• Sections 109, 110, 111, 112 (GSIs Dounia Saeme and Jeanette Ling) go to 245 Li Ka Shing Center (corner of Oxford and Berkeley Way).
• Everyone else come to the usual room (2050 VLSB).
• You do not need a blue book; just a pen.
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Announcements (continued)
• Midterm Format:
• Sample midterm.
• Problems; true/false/uncertain questions; multiple choice.
• Midterm Coverage:
• All of the material since the first midterm (starting with monopoly) and up through lecture on April 5th (saving and investment).
• Lecture, section, textbook, and additional readings.
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Announcements (continued) • Places to Get Help:
• Professor Office Hours: Monday, April 4th, 3:30-5:30. No professor office hours on Wednesday, April 6th.
• GSI office hours.
• Review session on Tuesday, April 5th, 5:15-6:30 p.m. in 2050 VLSB.
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I. OVERVIEW
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Material for Today
• Finish up discussion of technological change.
• Move on to discussion of employment and unemployment in the long run.
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Aggregate Production Function
(1)
(2)
(3) •
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Technological change is a key determinant of economic growth.
• Argument by elimination: If it is not N*/POP or K*/N*, it must be T.
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II. HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
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New Production Techniques
• New machines (electric motor)
• New methods of organization and management (assembly line, accounting).
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New Products
• Another way to create improvements in the standard of living.
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Better Institutions
• Example: Opening up to trade
• Example: More reliance on market forces
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III. SOURCES OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
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Q
P
Market for Inventions
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Factors Increasing the Supply of Inventions
Q
P
D1
P1
Q1
S1
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Factors Increasing the Demand for Inventions
Q
P
D1
P1
Q1
S1
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Policies to Encourage Technological Progress
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IV. EMPLOYMENT AND POTENTIAL OUTPUT
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Decomposition of Potential Output per Person
where:
• Y* is potential output;
• POP is population;
• N* is normal employment.
• is the normal employment-to-population ratio.
• is normal average labor productivity.
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Employment-to-Population Ratio in the U.S.
Source: Frank, Bernanke, Antonovics, and Heffetz, Principles of Economics.
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Source: Charles Jones and Dietrich Vollrath, Economic Growth.
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Decomposition of Potential Output per Person
where:
• Y* is potential output;
• POP is population;
• N* is normal employment.
• is the normal employment-to-population ratio.
• is normal average labor productivity.
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V. DETERMINANTS OF THE NORMAL EMPLOYMENT-TO-POPULATION RATIO
AND THE NORMAL REAL WAGE
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The Labor Market
Wage
Employment
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Long-Run Labor Market Diagram
Real Wage,
w*
N*
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Labor Force Participation Rate for Women in the U.S.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
50
55
60
65
70
75
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
Per
cent
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Source: Claudia Goldin, “Gender Gap,” The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
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An Increase in Labor Supply
S1
D (MRPL/P)
Real Wage,
w*
w1∗
N* N1∗
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Labor Force Participation Rate for Women in the U.S.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
50
55
60
65
70
75
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
Per
cent
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Female Labor Force Participation Rate in the U.S., the U.K., and Japan
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
50
55
60
65
70
75
1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011
U.S.
U.K. Japan
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Labor Force Participation Rate – High School Graduates, No College, 25 yrs. & over, Men
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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A Fall in Labor Demand
S
D1
Real Wage,
w*
N*
w1∗
N1∗
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Real Wages in the U.K. over the Very Long Run
From: Clark, “The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1209-2004”
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Large Increases in Capital and Improvements in Technology
S
D1
Real Wage,
w*
w1∗
N* N1∗
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VI. THE NATURAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
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The U.S. Unemployment Rate, 1948–2016
Source: FRED; data from Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Unemployment in the U.S., Japan, and France
Source: FRED.
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The Natural Rate of Unemployment
• The economy’s normal or usual unemployment rate.
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Types and Sources of Unemployment
• Cyclical unemployment
• Caused by output being below potential
• Structural unemployment
• Caused by job rationing
• Frictional unemployment
• Caused by turnover and job search
Normal or natural unemployment consists of structural and frictional unemployment.
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Job Rationing
S
D (MRPL/P)
Real Wage,
w*
w1∗
N* N1∗
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Sources of Job Rationing
• Minimum wage laws
• Unions
• Efficiency wages