The macroeconomics of the labor market: Three fundamental views

Portuguese Economic Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-180

  Karanassou, Marika ^a,c   Sala, Hector ^b,c   Snower, Dennis J ^d,e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Kiel Institute for the World Economy ^*

^d KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frictional growth; Growth drivers; Interactive labor market dynamics; Interplay of lags and shocks; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549059101     PISSN: 1617982X     EISSN: 16179838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10258-007-0024-y     Document Type: Article

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