Pissarides, Christopher 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0695-058X
(2009)
Labour market adjustment: microeconomic foundations of short-run neoclassical and Keynesian dynamics.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
ISBN 9780521106061
Abstract
The main purpose of this book is to develop a general theoretical framework within which it is possible to analyse the interaction of markets in disequilibrium. It considers optimal firm and household behaviour in a dynamic sequence of the labour and commodity markets when there is imperfect information about wage offers and the supply price of labour. The study is mainly theoretical but several empirical phenomena are shown to have an important interpretation within the framework of the model. Models of individual behaviour dealt with in the book increase our understanding of the working of an economic system out of equilibrium by providing the foundation for such dynamic processes as the Keynesian multiplier and the Phillips curve. The analysis points to a short-run dynamic process which exhibits Keynesian features when involuntary unemployment coexists with frictional unemployment and Neoclassical features when involuntary unemployment falls to a very low level.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | http://www.cambridge.org |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 Cambridge University Press |
| Divisions: | Economics Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2011 15:38 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 05:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35682 |
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