Labor search and matching in macroeconomics

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1859-1895

  Yashiv, Eran ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Growth; Macroeconomics; Matching; Policy; Search; Worker flows

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; MACROECONOMICS; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EID: 36049029699     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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