Demand-Driven Propagation : Evidence from the Great Recession

This paper provides empirical evidence for the Keynesian demand-driven propagation: initial rounds of job losses lead to additional rounds of job losses. The paper shows that U.S. counties with higher pre-existing exposure to tradable industries ex...

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Main Author: Nguyen, Hu
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25202680/demand-driven-propagation-evidence-great-recession
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spelling okr-10986-228692021-04-23T14:04:11Z Demand-Driven Propagation : Evidence from the Great Recession Nguyen, Hu JOBS EMPLOYMENT MONETARY POLICY STORE MULTIPLIERS PRODUCTION FINANCING RETIREMENT MINIMUM WAGE INCOME SERVICE SECTOR INTEREST RATE LIQUIDITY EXPORTS ELASTICITY HEALTH CARE POLITICAL ECONOMY RECESSION JOB COMPANIES EFFECTS INCENTIVES HEALTH ECONOMIC POLICY LABOR ECONOMICS RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LOAN VARIABLES LABOR STATISTICS WEALTH JOB LOSSES BANK LENDING CHOICE LABOR MARKET KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS UNEMPLOYED WORKERS WAGE ADJUSTMENT WORKER UNEMPLOYED JOB LOSS DEBT MARKETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME LABOR MARKET OUTCOME ORGANIZATIONS BUSINESS CYCLE LABOR TOTAL EMPLOYMENT FINANCE STORES TAXES AGGREGATE DEMAND EFFECTS UNEMPLOYMENT CONSUMPTION FIRMS WORKERS WAGES POLICIES TOTAL EMPLOYMENT LOCAL LABOR MARKETS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGE RIGIDITY LABOR DEMAND HIGH EMPLOYMENT CARE CREDIT MACROECONOMICS ECONOMIC SECTORS PURCHASING POWER DEMAND NOMINAL WAGES AGGREGATE DEMAND CONSUMERS ENTERPRISE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH DOWNWARD BIAS MARKET BENCHMARK ECONOMICS SERVICE INDUSTRY MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES GOODS THEORY INVESTMENT POVERTY CRISES SUPPLY INNOVATION POPULATION LABOR SUPPLY BORROWING LENDING LOCAL LABOR MARKET ECONOMIC HISTORY FULL EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKETS SEE LABOR SHARE PRICES LABOR REALLOCATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY This paper provides empirical evidence for the Keynesian demand-driven propagation: initial rounds of job losses lead to additional rounds of job losses. The paper shows that U.S. counties with higher pre-existing exposure to tradable industries experienced larger job losses in non-tradable sectors during the Great Recession. This was arguably because laid-off tradable workers cut their consumption, which hurts local non-tradable firms. The finding is not driven by exposure to the construction sector, by the collapse in house prices, or by credit supply problems. In addition, the spillover is stronger when the focus is on the job losses of more income-elastic non-tradable sectors. 2015-11-05T17:03:27Z 2015-11-05T17:03:27Z 2015-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25202680/demand-driven-propagation-evidence-great-recession http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22869 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7456 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research United States
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topic JOBS
EMPLOYMENT
MONETARY POLICY
STORE
MULTIPLIERS
PRODUCTION
FINANCING
RETIREMENT
MINIMUM WAGE
INCOME
SERVICE SECTOR
INTEREST RATE
LIQUIDITY
EXPORTS
ELASTICITY
HEALTH CARE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
RECESSION
JOB
COMPANIES
EFFECTS
INCENTIVES
HEALTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
LABOR ECONOMICS
RISING UNEMPLOYMENT
LOAN
VARIABLES
LABOR STATISTICS
WEALTH
JOB LOSSES
BANK LENDING
CHOICE
LABOR MARKET
KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
WAGE ADJUSTMENT
WORKER
UNEMPLOYED
JOB LOSS
DEBT
MARKETS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
LABOR MARKET OUTCOME
ORGANIZATIONS
BUSINESS CYCLE
LABOR
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
FINANCE
STORES
TAXES
AGGREGATE DEMAND EFFECTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
CONSUMPTION
FIRMS
WORKERS
WAGES
POLICIES
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
LOCAL LABOR MARKETS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
WAGE RIGIDITY
LABOR DEMAND
HIGH EMPLOYMENT
CARE
CREDIT
MACROECONOMICS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
PURCHASING POWER
DEMAND
NOMINAL WAGES
AGGREGATE DEMAND
CONSUMERS
ENTERPRISE
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
DOWNWARD BIAS
MARKET
BENCHMARK
ECONOMICS
SERVICE INDUSTRY
MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
GOODS
THEORY
INVESTMENT
POVERTY
CRISES
SUPPLY
INNOVATION
POPULATION
LABOR SUPPLY
BORROWING
LENDING
LOCAL LABOR MARKET
ECONOMIC HISTORY
FULL EMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKETS
SEE
LABOR SHARE
PRICES
LABOR REALLOCATION
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
spellingShingle JOBS
EMPLOYMENT
MONETARY POLICY
STORE
MULTIPLIERS
PRODUCTION
FINANCING
RETIREMENT
MINIMUM WAGE
INCOME
SERVICE SECTOR
INTEREST RATE
LIQUIDITY
EXPORTS
ELASTICITY
HEALTH CARE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
RECESSION
JOB
COMPANIES
EFFECTS
INCENTIVES
HEALTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
LABOR ECONOMICS
RISING UNEMPLOYMENT
LOAN
VARIABLES
LABOR STATISTICS
WEALTH
JOB LOSSES
BANK LENDING
CHOICE
LABOR MARKET
KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
WAGE ADJUSTMENT
WORKER
UNEMPLOYED
JOB LOSS
DEBT
MARKETS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
LABOR MARKET OUTCOME
ORGANIZATIONS
BUSINESS CYCLE
LABOR
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
FINANCE
STORES
TAXES
AGGREGATE DEMAND EFFECTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
CONSUMPTION
FIRMS
WORKERS
WAGES
POLICIES
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
LOCAL LABOR MARKETS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
WAGE RIGIDITY
LABOR DEMAND
HIGH EMPLOYMENT
CARE
CREDIT
MACROECONOMICS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
PURCHASING POWER
DEMAND
NOMINAL WAGES
AGGREGATE DEMAND
CONSUMERS
ENTERPRISE
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
DOWNWARD BIAS
MARKET
BENCHMARK
ECONOMICS
SERVICE INDUSTRY
MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
GOODS
THEORY
INVESTMENT
POVERTY
CRISES
SUPPLY
INNOVATION
POPULATION
LABOR SUPPLY
BORROWING
LENDING
LOCAL LABOR MARKET
ECONOMIC HISTORY
FULL EMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKETS
SEE
LABOR SHARE
PRICES
LABOR REALLOCATION
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Nguyen, Hu
Demand-Driven Propagation : Evidence from the Great Recession
geographic_facet United States
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7456
description This paper provides empirical evidence for the Keynesian demand-driven propagation: initial rounds of job losses lead to additional rounds of job losses. The paper shows that U.S. counties with higher pre-existing exposure to tradable industries experienced larger job losses in non-tradable sectors during the Great Recession. This was arguably because laid-off tradable workers cut their consumption, which hurts local non-tradable firms. The finding is not driven by exposure to the construction sector, by the collapse in house prices, or by credit supply problems. In addition, the spillover is stronger when the focus is on the job losses of more income-elastic non-tradable sectors.
format Working Paper
author Nguyen, Hu
author_facet Nguyen, Hu
author_sort Nguyen, Hu
title Demand-Driven Propagation : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_short Demand-Driven Propagation : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_full Demand-Driven Propagation : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_fullStr Demand-Driven Propagation : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_full_unstemmed Demand-Driven Propagation : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_sort demand-driven propagation : evidence from the great recession
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25202680/demand-driven-propagation-evidence-great-recession
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22869
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