I do not understand the question. I was responding to the quotation that said that negative effects could happen in the short run. For example, technological change in China reportedly is reducing employment rapidly, which is masked by export employment. I think that the short run effect can go either way.
All I was trying to say was that identifying long run relationships can be difficult. On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 07:03:57PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: > > On May 10, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: > >> In the short run, one could probably identify is some relationship between >> recent technological change and employment. > > During the U.S. productivity acceleration of the late 1990s, employment > grew rapidly. Productivity growth slowed after 2003 or so, and employment > growth was weak. How can this be explained? > > Doug > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
