The impact of monetary policy on unemployment hysteresis

Applied Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2743-2756

  Stockhammer, Engelbert ^a   Sturn, Simon ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut fur Makrookonomie und Konjunkturforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endogenous NAIRU; Hysteresis; Monetary policy; NAIRU; Structural unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; LABOR MARKET; MONETARY POLICY; OECD; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 80051754519     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.566199     Document Type: Article

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