@techreport{NBERw18603,
 title = "Cyclical Variation in Labor Hours and Productivity                                            Using the ATUS",
 author = "Michael C. Burda and Daniel S. Hamermesh and Jay Stewart",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "18603",
 year = "2012",
 month = "December",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w18603",
 abstract = {We examine monthly variation in weekly work hours using data for 2003-10 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on hours/worker, from the Current Employment Survey (CES) on hours/job, and from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) on both.  The ATUS data minimize recall difficulties and constrain hours of work to accord with total available time.  The ATUS hours/worker are less cyclical than the CPS series, but the hours/job are more cyclical than the CES series.  We present alternative estimates of productivity based on ATUS data and find that it is more pro-cyclical than other productivity measures.},
}