Technology shocks and job flows

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1195-1227

  Michelacci, Claudio ^a   Lopez Salido, David ^b  

^a CEMFI ^*

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH MODELING; INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34249674562     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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