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In the aftermath of the recent global financial crisis, economists have been once again forced to think about the long run consequences of short run fluctuations. The conventional wisdom holds that in many developed countries economic activity will remain depressed and unemployment will remain high for several years to come. Such projections have, once again, bolstered the interest of economists in studying the long run consequences of recessions.
Two separate strands of the literature have dealt with this topic both from an aggregate and a micro perspective. The former has analyzed the behavior of unemployment, employment and economic activity and has found that crises, or recessions more generally, leave permanent or long lived scars on economic activity and employment. The latter has focused on how short run fluctuations affect firm dynamics. Our paper is more closely related to the second approach.
The variables used in the empirical literature on the topic of how monetary policy affects the economy are often highly aggregated. Typically, among others, these variables include GDP, inflation, and unemployment. Less frequently, the literature addresses this topic using more disaggregated, sector level variables. As a result, it is a challenge to find estimates of the differential impact that a change in a policy variable, such as the Federal Funds rate, has on the magnitude and time path of unemployment in diverse sectors from manufacturing to services, and in occupations from laborer to manager. This deficit in the literature is problematic because there is evidence that unemployment often falls unevenly across sectors and occupations.
For instance, according to a recent report on the 2001 recession by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) [2003], after reaching a 30 year low of 3.8 percent in April 2000, unemployment jumped to 6.1 percent by May 2003. After peaking in February 2001, the private sector lost 3.1 million jobs by May 2003. This represented nine million unemployed people. The bulk of these losses occurred in the manufacturing sector, which lost 2.6 million jobs over the same period. On the other hand, the service sector gained more than one half million jobs during this time. Obviously, models that only use aggregate unemployment cannot adequately address this disparity.
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This guide is a supplement to your personal experience and springboard to your continuing education. This experience and education includes handling and looking at a variety ofphotographs, reading books and articles and asking lots of questions of dealers, experts and fellow collectors. With time, the collector gains a feel for age, rarity, originality and authenticity.
