Understanding European unemployment with a representative family model

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2180-2204

  Ljungqvist, Lars ^a,b   Sargent, Thomas J ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment protection; Lotteries; Representative family; Turbulence; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049026816     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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