The Labor Market Four Years into the Crisis: Assessing Structural Explanations
50 Pages Posted: 31 Mar 2012 Last revised: 3 Feb 2023
Date Written: March 2012
Abstract
Four years after the beginning of the Great Recession, the labor market remains historically weak. Many observers have concluded that "structural" impediments to recovery bear some of the blame. This paper reviews such structural explanations. I find that there is little evidence supporting these hypotheses, and that the bulk of the evidence is more consistent with the hypothesis that continued poor performance is primarily attributable to shortfalls in the aggregate demand for labor.
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