Unemployment and other measures of labor market inefficiency: A comparison of U.K. and U.S. labor markets 1931-96

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 629-643

  Bender, Keith A ^a   Neumann, Rebecca M ^a   Skåtun, John Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749619119     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbj039     Document Type: Review

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