Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Still thinking about unemployment

In addition, firms typically reorganize their job assignments after layoffs and discover that the same work can be performed with fewer workers and this, too, can slow the recovery period for employment relative to output. - Mark Thoma

If I'm right about productivity gains, this "typical" discovery will be more pronounced this time and unemployment very stubborn, particularly for some professions.

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