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Explores labor market puzzles through lectures 4 and 5. Examines indivisible hours assumptions from Hansen and Rogerson. Evaluates expected utility in period t. Discusses calibration and quantitative assessments on public expenditures based on Christiano and Eichenbaum, as well as preferences based on Baxter and King. Analyzes utility functions, equilibrium on the goods market, impulse response to preference shocks, labor hoarding, and responses to technological and government expenditure shocks. Concludes with a quantitative assessment of selected second moments.
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Solving the Labor Market Puzzles Lectures 4 and 5
The indivisible hours assumptions (based on Hansen 85 and Rogerson 88) Expected utility in period t is given by: Calibration:
Shock on public expenditures (based on Christiano and Eichenbaum 92) • Utility function • Calibration
Shock on preferences(based on Baxter and King 91) • Utility function • Equilibrium on the goods market
Quantitative assessment Selected second moments