What We Know and Do Not Know about the Natural Rate of Unemployment

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-72

  Blanchard, Olivier ^a,c   Katz, Lawrence F ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0002568205     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.1.51     Document Type: Article

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