Learning-by-Doing as a Propagation Mechanism
Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: This paper suggests that skill accumulation through past work experience, or “learning-by-doing” (LBD), can provide an important propagation mechanism in a dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model, as the current labor supply affects future productivity. Our econometric analysis uses a Bayesian approach to combine micro-level panel data with aggregate time series. Formal model evaluation shows that the introduction of the LBD mechanism improves the model's ability to fit the dynamics of aggregate output and hours.
Source: American Economic Review
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2167669534