Understanding European unemployment with matching and search-island models

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2139-2179

  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; Matching; Search; Turbulence; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049031798     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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