• Why Have Aggregate Skilled Hours Become So Cyclical Since the Mid-1980's? 

    Castro, Rui; Coen-Pirani, Daniele (Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2005)
    This paper documents and discusses a dramatic change in the cyclical behavior of aggregate hours worked by individuals with a college degree (skilled workers) since the mid-1980’s. Using the CPS outgoing rotation data set for the period 1979:1-2003:4, ...