Work for all those who want it? Why the neoclassical labour supply curve is an inappropriate foundation for the theory of employment and unemployment

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 459-472

  Spencer, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Full employment; Involuntary unemployment; Joan Robinson; Keynes; Labour supply

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPLOYMENT; KEYNESIAN THEORY; LABOR MARKET; MACROECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33646256174     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bei066     Document Type: Article

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