The causes of Spanish unemployment: A structural VAR approach

European Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1281-1307

  Dolado, Juan J ^a   Jimeno, Juan F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Structural VAR; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC SHOCK; LABOUR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

EID: 0031445849     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(97)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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