The role of shocks and institutions in the rise of European unemployment: The aggregate evidence

Economic Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 462, 2000, Pages 1-33

  Blanchard, Olivier ^a   Wolfers, Justin ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034029957     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00518     Document Type: Article

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