Unemployment in the OECD since the 1960s. What do we know?

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 500, 2005, Pages 1-27

  Nickell, Stephen ^a   Nunziata, Luca ^b   Ochel, Wolfgang ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; OECD; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 13344286282     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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