Capital accumulation and unemployment: New insights on the Nordic experience

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 977-1001

  Karanassou, Marika ^a,c   Sala, Hector ^b,c   Salvador, Pablo F ^b,d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c IZA ^*

^d DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capital accumulation; Chain reaction theory; Nordic countries; Unemployment dynamics

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR MARKET; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 55749097098     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben022     Document Type: Article

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