Two questions about European unemployment

Econometrica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-29

  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

Discouraged worker; Employment protection; Job; Obsolescence; Search; Skills; Turbulence; Unemployment; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349101913     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-9682.2008.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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