The labor market in the great recession

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-48

  Elsby, Michael W L ^a   Hobijn, Bart ^b   Sahin, Ayşegül ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 78149472053     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: 15334465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/eca.2010.0001     Document Type: Article

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