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Stochastic Optimal Growth with Risky Labor Supply

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  • Yiyong Cai

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  • Takashi Kamihigashi

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  • John Stachurski

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Production takes time, and labor supply and profit maximization decisions that relate to current production are typically made before all shocks affecting that production have been realized. In this paper we re-examine the problem of stochastic optimal growth with aggregate risk where the timing of the model conforms to this information structure. We provide a set of conditions under which the economy has a unique, nontrivial and stable stationary distribution. In addition, we verify key optimality properties in the presence of unbounded shocks and rewards, and provide the sample path laws necessary for consistent estimation and simulation.

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  • Yiyong Cai & Takashi Kamihigashi & John Stachurski, 2012. "Stochastic Optimal Growth with Risky Labor Supply," ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics 2012-585, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics.
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    1. Cai, Yiyong & Kamihigashi, Takashi & Stachurski, John, 2014. "Stochastic optimal growth with risky labor supply," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 167-176.
    2. Takashi Kamihigashi, 2015. "Multiple interior steady states in the Ramsey model with elastic labor supply," International Journal of Economic Theory, The International Society for Economic Theory, vol. 11(1), pages 25-37, March.
    3. Takashi Kamihigashi & John Stachurski, 2014. "Stability Analysis for Random Dynamical Systems in Economics," Discussion Paper Series DP2014-35, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.

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    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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