By what measure? A comparison of French and US labor market performance with new indicators of employment adequacy

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-357

  Howell, David R ^a   Okatenko, Anna ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methodology for organizing macroeconomic data; Unemployment incidence; Wage level and structure

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LABOR MARKET; MACROECONOMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY REFORM; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

FRANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953337004     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171003701578     Document Type: Article

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