Convergence and stability in U.S. employment rates

Contributions to Macroeconomics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Rowthorn, Robert ^a   Glyn, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic panels; Measurement errors; Regional adjustment; Regional employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750146807     PISSN: 15346005     EISSN: 15346005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-6005.1368     Document Type: Article

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