A1629
Title: Age and gender differentials in unemployment and hysteresis
Authors: Amy Guisinger - Lafayette College (United States) [presenting]
Laura Jackson Young - Bentley University (United States)
Michael Owyang - Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis (United States)
Abstract: A time-varying panel unobserved components model is used to estimate unemployment gaps disaggregated by age and gender. Recessions before COVID affected men's labor market outcomes more than women's; however, the reverse was true for the COVID recession, with effects amplified for younger workers. The aggregate Phillips curve flattens over time and hysteresis is countercyclical for all groups. We find heterogeneity in both the Phillips curve and hysteresis coefficients, with wages responding more to workers with an outside option (high school- and retirement-age) and larger effects of hysteresis for younger workers.